Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures

Name: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at American Crystal Sugar
Start: 5/20/2025

1 hospitalization · 2025054739 · 5/20/2025 · American Crystal Sugar

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Abdomen unspecified
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures

Cause

Event: Injured by object held or wielded by person
Source: Saws except chainsaws
Secondary source: Co-worker or work associate of injured or ill worker unspecified

Employer

Name: American Crystal Sugar
Location: 8152 Old North Dakota 44, DRAYTON, NORTH DAKOTA, 58225
NAICS: 311313
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was removing a beet elevating belt while mechanics were cutting a hole in the center of the belt to install the pulley point using an oscillating tool with a hook blade. The tool popped out of the belt and the tool struck the injured employee in the stomach, resulting in a laceration on the lower left abdomen.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown