East Grand Forks, MN ·
OSHA Injury Report: American Crystal Sugar
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at American Crystal Sugar in 1020 Business Hwy 2, East Grand Forks, MN 56721 resulted in days away from work. Employee was pulp Dryer Foreman in granulated beet sugar manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- American Crystal Sugar
- Parent company
- American Crystal Sugar- East Grand Forks Factory
- Street
- 1020 Business Hwy 2
- City
- East Grand Forks
- State
- MN
- ZIP
- 56721
- On-site location
- Pulp dryers
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 180
- Days restricted or transferred
- 25
Before the incident
Employee was attempting to open the B dryer Baghouse to check to determine if it was unplugged. He and another employee had been working on a fire in the [REDACTED] clone earlier. Once the fire was out they emptied the [REDACTED] clone. Before starting it back up they decided to check the baghouse to ensure that it was not plugged up. When employee opened the baghouse door a fire started. As employee was holding the door shut he asked the second employee to relatch it but he could not get the door to relatch. Employee told 2nd employee to grab a crowbar to help get it closed. When 2nd employee got back with the crowbar flames had engulfed employee and blew him back. [REDACTED] was called immediately with the report of a fire and a burn victim.
What happened
Burns to body from a fire in the pulp dryer area.
Injury or illness
Burns all over body.
Object or substance involved
Fire from the baghouse
Summary line
Burns all over body from pulp dryer
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Pulp Dryer Foreman
- SOC code
- 51-1011: First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
- NAICS code
- 311313: Granulated beet sugar manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 457
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 823,731
- EIN
- 840004720
- Establishment ID
- 1068242
- Employer case #
- INC-06264
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 08:00
- Time of incident
- 16:15
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-01-29
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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