Minneapolis, MN —
OSHA Injury Report: Avient Minneapolis
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Avient Minneapolis in Minneapolis, MN 55428 resulted in days away from work. Employee was operator in custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Avient Minneapolis
- Parent company
- Avient Colorants USA LLC
- Street
- 9101 International Parkway
- City
- Minneapolis
- State
- MN
- ZIP
- 55428
- On-site location
- mobile ladder next to feeder
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 3
Before the incident
Employee was standing on a rolling ladder while reaching out to grab and pull in a bag full of product to be dumped into a feeder hopper.
What happened
The associate was extending his body and reaching out with left hand to grab product bag they felt a pull on his lower back muscles.
Injury or illness
Lower back strain
Object or substance involved
Product bag movement
Summary line
Lower back strain
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Operator
- SOC code
- 51-9199 — Production Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 325991 — Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 47
- Total hours worked
- 85959
- EIN
- 341730488
- Establishment ID
- 976869
- Employer case #
- 1657
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 23:00
- Time of incident
- 1:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 04FEB26:21:27:00
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.