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OSHA Injury Report: Minnesota Department of Health - Public Health Lab

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Minnesota Department of Health - Public Health Lab in St. Paul, MN 55155 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was laboratory Scientist in public health program administration, nonoperating.

Establishment
Minnesota Department of Health - Public Health Lab
Parent company
Minnesota Department of Health
Street
601 Robert Street North
City
St. Paul
State
MN
ZIP
55155
On-site location
MDH PHL 3rd Floor Microbiology Lab
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
7

Employee was talking to a coworker while attempting to sit down in a chair.

The chair was lower than the employee thought and they felt like they were falling. They used their hand to brace their fall and jammed their hand.

Sprain of multiflexor tendons

Chair

Employee was attempting to sit on a chair. The chair was lower than the employee thought and they felt like they were falling. They used their hand to brace their fall and they jammed their hand.

Job description
Laboratory Scientist
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
923120 — Public health program administration, nonoperating
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
161
Total hours worked
280824
EIN
416007162
Establishment ID
985527
Employer case #
1
Date of incident
Shift started
8:00:00.000
Time of incident
14:30:00.000
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.