Shakopee, MN ·
OSHA Injury Report: Kurita America - Shakopee
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Kurita America - Shakopee in 4400 Valley Industrial Blvd N, Shakopee, MN 55379 resulted in days away from work. Employee was production Tech in water, distilled, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Kurita America - Shakopee
- Parent company
- Kurita America Inc
- Street
- 4400 Valley Industrial Blvd N
- City
- Shakopee
- State
- MN
- ZIP
- 55379
- On-site location
- Shakopee Manufacting
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 1
Before the incident
The employee was pre-weighing 45% potassium hydroxide into an open drum using a flux pump before transferring the chemical.
What happened
While pumping the chemical into the drum a splash occurred resulting in chemical exposure to the employee’s eye.
Injury or illness
The employee sustained a mild chemical burn to the eye.
Object or substance involved
The substance that caused the injury was 45% potassium hydroxide.
Summary line
While wearing all required PPE 45% KOH splash breached Safety Glasses and got into employee 's eye
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Production Tech
- SOC code
- 51-9199: Production Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 325998: Water, distilled, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 24
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 46,773
- Establishment ID
- 1522964
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- 23:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-27
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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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