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OSHA Injury Report: Merit Contracting

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Merit Contracting in ROCHESTER, MN 55906 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was roofer in roofing contractors.

Establishment
Merit Contracting
Parent company
Merit Contracting
Street
4661 HADLEY VIEW CT NE
City
ROCHESTER
State
MN
ZIP
55906
On-site location
RPS Facility Services Building
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Removing rock from the roof

[REDACTED] was removing rock from the roof using the vac. The PVC hose was extended out the length of the roof and they were having issues from time to time with the hose starting to plug. When the plugging begins to start [REDACTED] would pick up the hose at the joint locations to be able to get a little flexability in maneuvering to allow the rock to move and free up and exhaust out. During the time the injury took place [REDACTED] grabbed the hose at the joint wiggled it to loosen the rock and then let the hose drop back down to the roof. As the hose dropped the excess metal from the tightened clamp sliced through his glove and penetrated his right index finger.

Right index finger laceration

Roof vac

Right index finger laceration

Job description
Roofer
SOC code
47-2181 — Roofers
NAICS code
238160 — Roofing contractors
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
76
Total hours worked
130093
EIN
411426936
Establishment ID
728186
Employer case #
24-11
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
8:40
Filing year
2024
Submitted
24JAN2025:16:10:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.