Shakopee, MN —
OSHA Injury Report: Kurita America - Shakopee
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Kurita America - Shakopee in Shakopee, MN 55379 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was warehouse Associate in inhibitors (e.g., corrosion, oxidation, polymerization) manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Kurita America - Shakopee
- Parent company
- Kurita America Inc
- Street
- 4400 Valley Industrial Boulevard North
- City
- Shakopee
- State
- MN
- ZIP
- 55379
- On-site location
- Shakopee Distribution
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Using a forklift employee was lowering a pallet from an elevated rack to pick a 55 gallon drum.
What happened
While lowering the pallet some loose sawdust blew off the pallet onto the forklift and into the face of the employee. Employee experienced eye irritation immediately and used eye wash to flush eyes
Injury or illness
Suffered Right Eye Irritation-- medication prescribed
Object or substance involved
Loose sawdust
Summary line
Right eye irritation after sawdust blew into eye while picking pallet with forklift off racking medication prescribed
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Warehouse Associate
- SOC code
- 9999 — Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 325998 — Inhibitors (e.g., corrosion, oxidation, polymerization) manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 26
- Total hours worked
- 53849
- EIN
- 411255017
- Establishment ID
- 955541
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 7:56
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 03JAN2025:17:41:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.