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OSHA Injury Report: Up North Plastics

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Up North Plastics in 9480 Jamaica Ave S, Cottage Grove, MN 55016 resulted in days away from work. Employee was mechanic in bags, plastics film, single wall or multiwall, manufacturing.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Up North Plastics
Parent company
Up North Plastics
Street
9480 Jamaica Ave S
City
Cottage Grove
State
MN
ZIP
55016
On-site location
Maintenance Shop

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
9
Days restricted or transferred
12

Before the incident

Employee was routing a piece of wood.

What happened

Employee set router down but did not turn it off. Employee then reached to shut router off and fabric glove was caught by rotor bit

Injury or illness

Right ring finger laceration and open fracture

Object or substance involved

none

Summary line

R ring finger laceration. Finished routing a piece of wood and set router down which was still running. As he went to shut router off his fabric glove was caught in router bit.

Employee and industry

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 #
1204

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
13:53:00.000
Submitted
30JAN24:17:25:00

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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.