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OSHA Injury Report: American Crystal Sugar

Other illness · Death

On , an other illness at American Crystal Sugar in East Grand Forks, MN 56721 resulted in death. Employee was harvest in granulated beet sugar manufacturing.

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
Oslo Piling site
Outcome
Death (code 1)
Type
Other illness (code 6)
Date of death

Employee was leaving his personal vehicle and walking towards the piling site where samples are taken. Witnesses reported hearing him take a loud deep gasp and he then fell directly to the ground. He did not hit any part of his body on equipment but went only to the ground. Other employees near piling site went to help called [REDACTED] immediately. No pulse could be found and chest compressions were attempted. Multiple medical rescue services arrived on scene.

Employee was leaving his personal vehicle and walking towards the piling site where samples are taken. Witnesses reported hearing him take a loud deep gasp and he then fell directly to the ground. He did not hit any part of his body on equipment but went only to the ground. Other employees near piling site went to help called [REDACTED] immediately. No pulse could be found and chest compressions were attempted. Multiple medical rescue services arrived on scene.

death - personal medical status

None

Death

Job description
Harvest
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
311313 — Granulated beet sugar manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
457
Total hours worked
823731
EIN
840004720
Establishment ID
1068242
Employer case #
INC-06603
Date of incident
Shift started
8:00:00.000
Time of incident
10:20:00.000
Submitted
29JAN24:19:18:00

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.