OSHA Injury Report: American Crystal Sugar

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Employee was on a ladder and working on opening up tanks which were supposed to be empty the particular tank was not empty and hot water came out at employee. He then leaned back and tried to jump off the ladder to get out of the way of the hot water he did get out of the way of the ladder and landed on his feet. However he landed awkwardly and had left knee pain. He did continue to work and stated there was not much pain or swelling at first although he did hear a pop

What happened

Employee was on a ladder and working on opening up tanks which were supposed to be empty the particular tank was not empty and hot water came out at employee. He then leaned back and tried to jump off the ladder to get out of the way of the hot water he did get out of the way of the ladder and landed on his feet. However he landed awkwardly and had left knee pain. He did continue to work and stated there was not much pain or swelling at first although he did hear a pop

Injury or illness

Left knee tibia plateau fracture

Object or substance involved

Jump off of ladder awkward landing

Summary line

Jump off ladder Tibia plateau fracture left knee

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

Source

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.