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OSHA Injury Report: HOYA Optical Labs of America, Inc. _ Ramsey Lab

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at HOYA Optical Labs of America, Inc. _ Ramsey Lab in Ramsey, MN 55303 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was surface Technician in lenses, ophthalmic, manufacturing.

Establishment
HOYA Optical Labs of America, Inc. _ Ramsey Lab
Parent company
HOYA Optical Labs of America, Inc.
Street
7000 Sunnwood Drive NW
City
Ramsey
State
MN
ZIP
55303
On-site location
Surfacing line 2
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
9

EE was in the process of inspecting the polish chiller units to ensure that there was enough polish in the drum.

To check the drums the injured has to pull the draw out and look inside. When the draw is moved sometimes the polish sloshes out and gets on the floor if it is not cleaned up it creates a crust. Due to the crust build up the injured was forced to pull and lift the draw which is an awkward height and weight.

Strain to the lower back

polish drum door on the polish chiller unit

Injured person strained lower back while trying to lift and pull out a draw to a polishing chiller unit

Job description
Surface Technician
SOC code
17-3029 — Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All
NAICS code
339115 — Lenses, ophthalmic, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
370
Total hours worked
769760
Establishment ID
1077988
Employer case #
46228
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00
Time of incident
7:30
Filing year
2025
Submitted
04FEB26:20:08:00

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.