Bloomington, MN ·
OSHA Injury Report: Ritchie Engineering Company, Inc.
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Ritchie Engineering Company, Inc. in 10950 Hampshire Ave. S., Bloomington, MN 55438 resulted in days away from work. Employee was assembler in air-conditioning equipment (except motor vehicle) manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Ritchie Engineering Company, Inc.
- Parent company
- Ritchie Engineering Company, Inc.
- Street
- 10950 Hampshire Ave. S.
- City
- Bloomington
- State
- MN
- ZIP
- 55438
- On-site location
- Electronics Department
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 14
Before the incident
Assembling product
What happened
Hot glue was not coming out of gun employee did not follow work instructions and tried to force through with hand.
Injury or illness
Burns on fingers.
Object or substance involved
Hot glue.
Summary line
Employee forced fed glue into the gun. She stated the glue was not coming out so I pushed and then it came out the sides onto her fingers effecting the following RH middle finger RH Ring finger & LH index pointer finger. Employee was not wearing PPE.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Assembler
- SOC code
- 51-2099: Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other
- NAICS code
- 333415: Air-conditioning equipment (except motor vehicle) manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 145
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 270,954
- EIN
- 410728331
- Establishment ID
- 1213925
- Employer case #
- 202400017
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:00
- Time of incident
- 13:20
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-03-04
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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, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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