Eden Prairie, MN ·
OSHA Injury Report: PACA, Inc. Eden Prairie
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at PACA, Inc. Eden Prairie in 10000 Valley View Rd, Eden Prairie, MN 55344 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was microbiologist in toilet preparations (e.g., cosmetics, deodorants, perfumes) manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- PACA, Inc. Eden Prairie
- Street
- 10000 Valley View Rd
- City
- Eden Prairie
- State
- MN
- ZIP
- 55344
- On-site location
- Laboratory
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 143
Before the incident
While testing the analyst noticed a cramp pain in the hand and wrist which had not been present prior there was concerns expressed by the analyst about being the primary tester for 3 straight months while the other analyst was healing from a similar workplace related injury. Upon feeling the injury supervisor was notified and analyst has stopped testing until medical evaluation can be obtained. Analyst currently experiences varying degrees of discomfort in the affected extremities that moves around depending on the type of work performed. Writing extensive amounts of results in lab books shaking and twisting the caps off around 25 or more samples a day and frequent gripping of things such as the pipette aid likely contributed to this overuse injury the most as things that involve a pinch or tight grip are now difficult for the analyst to perform without discomfort or weakness.
What happened
While testing the analyst noticed a cramp pain in the hand and wrist which had not been present prior there was concerns expressed by the analyst about being the primary tester for 3 straight months while the other analyst was healing from a similar workplace related injury. Upon feeling the injury supervisor was notified and analyst has stopped testing until medical evaluation can be obtained. Analyst currently experiences varying degrees of discomfort in the affected extremities that moves around depending on the type of work performed. Writing extensive amounts of results in lab books shaking and twisting the caps off around 25 or more samples a day and frequent gripping of things such as the pipette aid likely contributed to this overuse injury the most as things that involve a pinch or tight grip are now difficult for the analyst to perform without discomfort or weakness.
Injury or illness
Sprain Strain Hand Finger Wrist
Object or substance involved
Ergonomic hand use
Summary line
[REDACTED] Strain Hand Finger Wrist
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Microbiologist
- SOC code
- 19-1022: Microbiologists
- NAICS code
- 325620: Toilet preparations (e.g., cosmetics, deodorants, perfumes) manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 220
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 408,454
- EIN
- 753086138
- Establishment ID
- 1007274
- Employer case #
- 6
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- Not known — the employer filed this case without a time of day.
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-03-06
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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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