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OSHA Injury Report: Up North Plastics

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Up North Plastics in Cottage Grove, MN 55016 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was mechanic in bags, plastics film, single wall or multiwall, manufacturing.

Establishment
Up North Plastics
Parent company
Up North Plastics
Street
9480 Jamaica Ave S
City
Cottage Grove
State
MN
ZIP
55016
On-site location
Line #14
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
21

Employee was carrying a 10 lb. weight to perform a scale check

As employee was walking with weight felt a pop in the right knee

Right knee meniscus tear

none

R knee meniscus tear. Walking to the line carrying a 10 lb. weight to perform scale checks and knee popped.

Job description
Mechanic
SOC code
49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
NAICS code
326111 — Bags, plastics film, single wall or multiwall, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
639
Total hours worked
1462138
EIN
752317504
Establishment ID
1025960
Employer case #
1211
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
17:50:00.000
Submitted
30JAN24:17:33:00

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.