Ramsey, MN ·
OSHA Injury Report: HOYA Optical Labs of America, Inc. _ Ramsey Lab
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at HOYA Optical Labs of America, Inc. _ Ramsey Lab in 7000 Sunnwood Drive NW, Ramsey, MN 55303 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was surface Technician in lenses, ophthalmic, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- 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
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 9
Before the incident
EE was in the process of inspecting the polish chiller units to ensure that there was enough polish in the drum.
What happened
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.
Injury or illness
Strain to the lower back
Object or substance involved
polish drum door on the polish chiller unit
Summary line
Injured person strained lower back while trying to lift and pull out a draw to a polishing chiller unit
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Surface Technician
- SOC code
- 17-3029: Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All
- NAICS code
- 339115: Lenses, ophthalmic, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 370
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 769,760
- Establishment ID
- 1077988
- Employer case #
- 46228
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:00
- Time of incident
- 07:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-04
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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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