EAST GRAND FORKS, MN ·
OSHA Injury Report: AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY EAST GRAND FORKS
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY EAST GRAND FORKS in 1020 BUSINESS HWY 2, EAST GRAND FORKS, MN 56721 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was norminn Contract Employee in granulated beet sugar manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY EAST GRAND FORKS
- Parent company
- AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR EAST GRAND FORKS
- Street
- 1020 BUSINESS HWY 2
- City
- EAST GRAND FORKS
- State
- MN
- ZIP
- 56721
- On-site location
- Sugar Warehouse
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
using a slide hammer to remove a shaft from the upper feed table support wheel in Weibull [REDACTED] #1
What happened
At approximately [REDACTED] on [REDACTED] a contract employee working in the sugar warehouse sustained a laceration to his finger while using a slide hammer to remove a shaft from the upper feed table support wheel in [REDACTED]. The employee requested medical attention and was treated by the on-site nurse who bandaged the injury. Cause of Injury: The injury occurred when the employee’s finger became caught between the brass sliding component of the slide hammer and a nut welded to the end of the ½” rod. The employee was wearing gloves at the time of the incident. The slide hammer in use was a shop-fabricated tool consisting of a ½” steel rod with welded nuts on each end and a 2” diameter brass hammer that slides along the rod. Notably the brass hammer lacked protective edges or guards to prevent hand slippage contributing to the injury.
Injury or illness
crush injury to pinky
Object or substance involved
hand tools
Summary line
crush injury to pinky
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Norminn Contract Employee
- SOC code
- 00-9900: Insufficient Information - NIOSH
- NAICS code
- 311313: Granulated beet sugar manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 408
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 836,625
- EIN
- 840004720
- Establishment ID
- 75196
- Employer case #
- 14
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- 14:10
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-01-28
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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, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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