Sugar Beet Farming
Industry Summary
Between 2014 and 2015, the Sugar Beet Farming industry saw employment growth of only 2.91%. There are an average of 6 workers at each of the 328 establishments in the United States. With OSHA reported accident rates of less than that of the the All Other Crop Farming Industry as a whole, things have been relatively safe over the past five years.
The accident investigation below was opened on Tuesday, November 5th 2013 by OSHA representitives in Stephen, MN after learning of an incident at John Betsy & Brian Jensen Dba Jensen Farms Ptnshp which had occured on Friday, November 1st 2013. A employee working as a employee was injured on the job when the worker run over while servicing a piece of farm equipment
OSHA IDSevere Injury Report
Accident Date2013-11-01
Accident DegreeInjury
NarrativeOn November 1, 2013, Employee #1, with John Betsy & Brian Jensen Dba Jensen Farms Partnership, was working on a piece of farm equipment. The farm equipment was hooked onto a tractor, when another worker got into the tractor and started to move it, Employee #1 was run over by the wheels of the farm equipment. Because the Employer was a farm with fewer than ten were exempt from MNOSHA jurisdiction. The case was not further investigated and was closed due to lack of OSHA coverage.
OSHA Inspection Activity
Accident Rate
5 Year Average
9.16
Last 12 Months
0
Reporting Statistics
Inspection Records: 4
Violation Records:
Accident Records: 1