OSHA Injury Report: American Crystal Sugar

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Worker Description of Incident Employee had a cotter pin from a bearing puncture a wound into the flesh between his thumb and index finger with a deep circular wound approximately half inch in diameter. The employee called his supervisor put bacitracin and gauze around the wound.

What happened

Worker Description of Incident Employee had a cotter pin from a bearing puncture a wound into the flesh between his thumb and index finger with a deep circular wound approximately half inch in diameter. The employee called his supervisor put bacitracin and gauze around the wound.

Injury or illness

Puncture wound left hand needing stitches

Object or substance involved

Cotter pin

Summary line

Employee had a cotter pin from a bearing puncture a wound into the flesh between his thumb and index finger with a deep circular wound approximately half inch in diameter. The employee called his supervisor put bacitracin and gauze around the wound.

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

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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.