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COTTAGE GROVE, MN —

OSHA Injury Report: 00051282-050035 VAN METER, INC. - COTTAGE GROVE

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at 00051282-050035 VAN METER, INC. - COTTAGE GROVE in 7450 95TH STREET SOUTH, COTTAGE GROVE, MN 55016 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was returns Adminis in electrical Apparatus and Equipment, Wiring Supplies, and Related Equipment Merchant Wholesalers.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
00051282-050035 VAN METER, INC. - COTTAGE GROVE
Parent company
Elite Distributors Insurance Company VAN METER, INC. - COTTAGE GROVE
Street
7450 95TH STREET SOUTH
City
COTTAGE GROVE
State
MN
ZIP
55016
On-site location
WAREHOUSE

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

ORGANIZING PALLET OF PVC PIPE

What happened

I was trying to organize a pallet of pvc pipe from a pallet to a pipe tree As I pulled a pipe off of a pallet my finger got smashed between the ends of 2 pipe cutting into both sides of my finger There is a cut through the middle of my ring finger

Injury or illness

Fracture Right Finger s Caught in under or between Pipe

Object or substance involved

Pipe

Summary line

I was trying to organize a pallet of pvc pipe from a pallet to a pipe tree As I pulled a pipe off o

Employee and industry

Job description
Returns Adminis
SOC code
13-1199 — Business Operations Specialists, All Other
NAICS code
423610 — Electrical Apparatus and Equipment, Wiring Supplies, and Related Equipment Merchant Wholesalers
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
209
Total hours worked
405900
EIN
421448821
Establishment ID
1473476
Employer case #
3532

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
8:00
Time of incident
14:45
Filing year
2025
Submitted
16FEB26:19:17:00

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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.