Fort Morgan, CO —
OSHA Injury Report: Fort Morgan Facility
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Fort Morgan Facility in Fort Morgan, CO 80701 resulted in days away from work. Employee was mechanic Helper in granulated beet sugar manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Fort Morgan Facility
- Parent company
- Western Sugar Cooperative
- Street
- 18317 Highway 144
- City
- Fort Morgan
- State
- CO
- ZIP
- 80701
- On-site location
- Beet Elevator
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 10
- Days restricted or transferred
- 12
Before the incident
Repairing beet bucket inside beet elevator
What happened
While turning the elevator shaft the weight of the bucket caused the elevator to continue rotating. In an attempt to stop the shaft the employee used a pipe wrench resulting in his right middle finger becoming caught between the pipe wrench and the elevator shaft.
Injury or illness
Fracture to right middle finger
Object or substance involved
Pipe wrench and elevator shaft
Summary line
Fracture to right middle finger from getting finger caught between pipe wrench and main drive shaft
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Mechanic Helper
- SOC code
- 49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- NAICS code
- 311313 — Granulated beet sugar manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 192
- Total hours worked
- 380503
- EIN
- 870658226
- Establishment ID
- 239340
- Employer case #
- 9406
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 8:00
- Time of incident
- 10:30
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 20FEB2025:18:35:00
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.