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OSHA Injury Report: Minnesota State University Moorhead

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Minnesota State University Moorhead in Moorhead, MN 56563 resulted in days away from work. Employee was general Maintenance Worker in colleges, universities, and professional schools.

Establishment
Minnesota State University Moorhead
Parent company
State of Minnesota
Street
1104 7th Ave South
City
Moorhead
State
MN
ZIP
56563
On-site location
2nd floor of Bridges Hall near janitor closet
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
180
Days restricted or transferred
180

The employee was turning a carpet extractor into a custodial room.

When pushing the extractor upon turning it the employee felt his back slip out.

Aggravation to previous back injury as well as aggravation to previous left leg & foot injury.

carpet extractor

Employee was turning a corner with carpet extractor to fill it up in the closet and felt his back slip also caused additional swelling to previous left leg injury

Job description
General Maintenance Worker
SOC code
37-2011 — Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
NAICS code
611310 — Colleges, universities, and professional schools
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
605
Total hours worked
1145580
EIN
411687554
Establishment ID
932435
Employer case #
8
Date of incident
Time of incident
17:30:00.000
Submitted
29JAN24:19:46:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.