Lake Elmo, MN —
OSHA Injury Report: Lake Elmo Production
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Lake Elmo Production in Lake Elmo, MN 55042 resulted in days away from work. Employee was nursery Production Worker in hardware stores.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Lake Elmo Production
- Parent company
- Gertens Greenhouses & Garden Center
- Street
- 9075 15th St N
- City
- Lake Elmo
- State
- MN
- ZIP
- 55042
- On-site location
- LE Cooler/Production
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 7
- Days restricted or transferred
- 68
Before the incident
Employee was transferring barberry product in plastic bin from the cooler freezer to a production area at [REDACTED]. While wearing protective gloves the employee stated the left middle index finger was pierced by a thorn.
What happened
The employee stated he was self treating thought it would heal and reported the injury when the finger became infected.
Injury or illness
Left index finger infection
Object or substance involved
Barberry thorn
Summary line
Left index finger puncture infection from a barberry thorn
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Nursery Production Worker
- SOC code
- 51-9199 — Production Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 444130 — Hardware stores
- NAICS vintage
- 2017
- Avg employees
- 31
- Total hours worked
- 67326
- EIN
- 411387373
- Establishment ID
- 1087453
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:52
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 16JAN26:21:50:00
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.