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OSHA Injury Report: IGH Retail

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at IGH Retail in 5500 Blaine Ave, Inver Grove Heights, MN 55076 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was nursery Production Worker in hardware stores.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
IGH Retail
Parent company
Gertens Greenhouses and Garden Center, Inc.
Street
5500 Blaine Ave
City
Inver Grove Heights
State
MN
ZIP
55076
On-site location
Wright Farm, C Field

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
21

Before the incident

Employee was handling a hog ring stapling gun to staplie B&B trees.

What happened

The staple gun became jammed and the employee attempted to unjam the gun and did not unplug the gun from the air compressor. While handling the staple gun fired a staple into the left thumb nailbed.

Injury or illness

Left thumb puncture

Object or substance involved

Hog ring staple gun.

Summary line

Left thumb puncture

Employee and industry

Job description
Nursery Production Worker
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
444130 — Hardware stores
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
365
Total hours worked
475433
EIN
411387373
Establishment ID
811589
Employer case #
16

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:51
Time of incident
12:30
Filing year
2024
Submitted
13JAN2025:18:45:00

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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.