Maple Grove, MN —
OSHA Injury Report: Upsher-Smith Laboratories, LLC
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
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.
Where did this happen?
- 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
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 7
Before the incident
Breaking up potassium chloride in a drum with a metal paddle.
What happened
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.
Injury or illness
Shoulder muscle strain
Object or substance involved
Swinging the metal paddle again the potassium chloride drum.
Summary line
Shoulder muscle strain from manually breaking up potassium chloride in a drum
Employee and industry
- 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
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 28JAN26:20:12:00
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.