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OSHA Injury Report: Upsher-Smith Laboratories, LLC

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Upsher-Smith Laboratories, LLC in Maple Grove, MN 55369 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was chemical Process Technician in pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing.

Establishment
Upsher-Smith Laboratories, LLC
Parent company
Upsher-Smith Laboratories, LLC
Street
6701 Evenstad Dr. N
City
Maple Grove
State
MN
ZIP
55369
On-site location
Plant C Room 1640
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
7

Breaking up potassium chloride in a drum with a metal paddle.

The automated drum massager was not breaking up the potassium chloride enough so the employee manually attempted to break up the material by swinging a metal paddle against the drum.

Shoulder muscle strain

Swinging the metal paddle again the potassium chloride drum.

Shoulder muscle strain from manually breaking up potassium chloride in a drum

Job description
Chemical Process Technician
SOC code
19-4031 — Chemical Technicians
NAICS code
325412 — Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
231
Total hours worked
463258
EIN
320531301
Establishment ID
501562
Employer case #
2
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
28JAN26:20:12:00

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.