East Grand Forks, MN —
OSHA Injury Report: American Crystal Sugar
Other illness · Death
At a glance
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.
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
- Oslo Piling site
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Death (code 1)
- Type
- Other illness (code 6)
- Date of death
Before the incident
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.
What happened
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.
Injury or illness
death - personal medical status
Object or substance involved
None
Summary line
Death
Employee and industry
- 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
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 8:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 10:20:00.000
- Submitted
- 29JAN24:19:18:00
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.