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OSHA Injury Report: Northern Star Co.

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Northern Star Co. in Chaska, MN 55318 resulted in days away from work. Employee was cook Operator in potatoes, peeled or cut, manufacturing.

Establishment
Northern Star Co.
Parent company
Michael Foods
Street
101 W 82nd St
City
Chaska
State
MN
ZIP
55318
On-site location
Peel Floor - Mash Blancher
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
13
Days restricted or transferred
14

Employee was draining condensate out of the mash blancher

When the employee went to drain the condensate out of the blancher steam came out at a faster rate than expected contacting their left forearm resulting in a steam burn

Partial thickness burn to left forearm

Steam from blancher

Partial thickness burn on left forearm due to steam

Job description
Cook Operator
SOC code
51-3093 — Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders
NAICS code
311991 — Potatoes, peeled or cut, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
380
Total hours worked
880808
EIN
411468193
Establishment ID
958463
Employer case #
23_3143
Date of incident
Shift started
23:00:00.000
Time of incident
23:30:00.000
Submitted
15FEB24:18:28:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.