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OSHA Injury Report: The Scotts Company - Lakeville

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at The Scotts Company - Lakeville in Lakeville, MN 55044 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was operator Machine Intermediate in growing Media Manufacturing & Packaging.

Establishment
The Scotts Company - Lakeville
Parent company
Scotts
Street
22447 Highview Ave
City
Lakeville
State
MN
ZIP
55044
On-site location
Line 3 Bagger
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Unclogging VF Chute on Line 3

Associate was unclogging bagger chute when material bridged and did not fill a bag Associate used their arm to free up the material and felt some discomfort in their shoulder Associate returned to work the [REDACTED] and said there was some minor discomfort but no pain Associate was advised to be careful and call for help on the line when needed Later they were restacking [REDACTED] bags and began to feel soreness again The [REDACTED] the associate was taken to the clinic where they were diagnosed with a trapezius strain and physical therapy

Nature of InjuryIllness SprainStrain Body Parts ShouldersRight

not applicable

Nature of InjuryIllness SprainStrain Cause of InjuryIllnessOverexertion Strain acute Body Parts ShouldersRight Object Substance not applicable

Job description
Operator Machine Intermediate
SOC code
51-9199 — Production Workers, All Other
NAICS code
325314 — Growing Media Manufacturing & Packaging
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
19
Total hours worked
40920
Establishment ID
1191417
Employer case #
US-LAKEVIL
Date of incident
Shift started
6:30:00.000
Time of incident
15:00:00.000
Submitted
29FEB24:18:49:00

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.