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OSHA Injury Report: Allen County Public Library

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Allen County Public Library in 900 LIBRARY PLAZA, FORT WAYNE, IN 46802 resulted in days away from work. Employee was branch Assistant in libraries (except motion picture stock footage, motion picture commercial distribution).

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Allen County Public Library
Parent company
Allen County Public Library
Street
900 LIBRARY PLAZA
City
FORT WAYNE
State
IN
ZIP
46802
On-site location
Teens Dept

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
6

Before the incident

Pulling books from shelft

What happened

Stool slipped out from under employee causing a lower back strain

Injury or illness

muscle strain

Object or substance involved

Stool

Summary line

Stool slipped while pulling books from a shelf causing lower back pain

Employee and industry

Job description
Branch Assistant
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
519120 — Libraries (except motion picture stock footage, motion picture commercial distribution)
NAICS vintage
2017
Avg employees
390
Total hours worked
519120
EIN
351083136
Establishment ID
1074811
Employer case #
142991

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
9:00
Time of incident
13:00
Filing year
2024
Submitted
26FEB2025:17:42:00

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Source

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.