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OSHA Injury Report: PW-Transportation Operations

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at PW-Transportation Operations in 300 South Sixth Street, Minneapolis, MN 55487 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was traffic Signal Electrician in general Government.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
PW-Transportation Operations
Parent company
Hennepin County
Street
300 South Sixth Street
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
ZIP
55487
On-site location
Medina Public Works warehouse

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
2

Before the incident

[REDACTED] Sorem warehouse staff used the forklift to pull down a spool of wire I was looking at the wire and [REDACTED] offered to give me a knife to open the wire When handing me the knife he hit the control lever and the forklift shiftedmoved I was caught between shelving and the forklift

What happened

I was caughtpushed in between the forklift and the warehouse shelfing The forklift was pushing on my upper torso and caused a lot of pressure At the time I was not sure if there could have been an internal injury

Injury or illness

Caught byinunderbetween

Object or substance involved

The warehouse forklift Signal wire spool

Summary line

[REDACTED] Sorem warehouse staff used the forklift to pull down a spool of wire I was looking at the wire and [REDACTED] offered to give me a knife to open the wire When handing me the knife he hit the control lever and the forklift shiftedmoved I was cau

Employee and industry

Job description
Traffic Signal Electrician
SOC code
47-2111 — Electricians
NAICS code
237310 — General Government
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
156
Total hours worked
275328
EIN
416005801
Establishment ID
432135
Employer case #
10297

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
8:45:00.000
Submitted
21FEB24:13:51:00

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Source

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