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OSHA Injury Report: Schwickerts Tecta America

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Schwickerts Tecta America in 330 Poplar Street, Mankato, MN 56001 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was roofing foreman in low slope roofing installation.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Schwickerts Tecta America
Parent company
Schwickert's Tecta America
Street
330 Poplar Street
City
Mankato
State
MN
ZIP
56001
On-site location
College Roof

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
5

Before the incident

Attempting to cut away some sheetmetal that was in the way of a new roof installation using an angle grinder fitted with a cutting blade.

What happened

Employee choose to use a 4 hand grinder with the wrong blade in it and the blade kicked back striking him in the lower left leg.

Injury or illness

Laceration to left leg requiring 13 stitches to close.

Object or substance involved

Blade on 4 hand grinder

Summary line

Laceration from hand grinder blade which contacted Rt lower leg13 stitches

Employee and industry

Job description
Roofing foreman
SOC code
47-1011 — First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
NAICS code
238160 — Low slope roofing installation
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
215
Total hours worked
428169
Establishment ID
67522
Employer case #
4

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
10:00:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
31JAN24:17:10:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.