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OSHA Injury Report: Viking Materials

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Viking Materials in 3225 Como Ave. S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55414 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was slitter Operator in metals service centers.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Viking Materials
Parent company
Viking Materials
Street
3225 Como Ave. S.E.
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
ZIP
55414
On-site location
Slitter Recoiler Overarm Setup Area

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Before the incident

Breaking down a Slitter Recoiler Overarm Setup

What happened

The EE was breaking down the recoiler overarm setup and putting away the tooling with his gloves on when he felt like he had a sliver in his right index finger. He used tweezers and a splinter-out to remove the sliver and went back to work. (This was on a [REDACTED]) Over the weekend he noticed that his finger was hurting every time he bumped it and it was swollen. As the day went on it began to hurt a little more. By [REDACTED] it was hurting bad enough to keep him awake at night. He came to work [REDACTED] and asked if he could go to the doctor to get it checked out.

Injury or illness

Infection in right index finger caused by a metal sliver.

Object or substance involved

A metal sliver

Summary line

The EE got a metal sliver in his right index finger that ended up getting swollen and infected after a few days.

Employee and industry

Job description
Slitter Operator
SOC code
51-9199 — Production Workers, All Other
NAICS code
423510 — Metals service centers
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
86
Total hours worked
173310
EIN
411226051
Establishment ID
112956
Employer case #
2

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:30
Time of incident
11:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
14JAN26:21:27:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.