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OSHA Injury Report: Fort Morgan Facility

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Fort Morgan Facility in 18317 Highway 144, Fort Morgan, CO 80701 resulted in days away from work. Employee was mechanic Helper in granulated beet sugar manufacturing.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Fort Morgan Facility
Parent company
Western Sugar Cooperative
Street
18317 Highway 144
City
Fort Morgan
State
CO
ZIP
80701
On-site location
Beet Elevator

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
10
Days restricted or transferred
12

Before the incident

Repairing beet bucket inside beet elevator

What happened

While turning the elevator shaft the weight of the bucket caused the elevator to continue rotating. In an attempt to stop the shaft the employee used a pipe wrench resulting in his right middle finger becoming caught between the pipe wrench and the elevator shaft.

Injury or illness

Fracture to right middle finger

Object or substance involved

Pipe wrench and elevator shaft

Summary line

Fracture to right middle finger from getting finger caught between pipe wrench and main drive shaft

Employee and industry

Job description
Mechanic Helper
SOC code
49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
NAICS code
311313 — Granulated beet sugar manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
192
Total hours worked
380503
EIN
870658226
Establishment ID
239340
Employer case #
9406

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
8:00
Time of incident
10:30
Filing year
2024
Submitted
20FEB2025:18:35:00

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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.