OSHA Injury Report: PACA, Inc. Eden Prairie

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

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

When (timing detail)

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.