St. Ansgar, IA — In the news this week, there was a story about a worker who was injured at Grain Millers in St. Ansgar (Iowa) after a serious accident. This happened on Saturday, September 19, 2015 and the injured worker has not yet been named.
Grain Millers is a Minnesota-based company and they haven’t said anything about their worker just yet — or the nature of the accident.
The news said that the worker was hurt on Saturday morning and had to be airlifted to a hospital in Rochester, MN where he stayed until at least Monday afternoon. An article was published later that afternoon, saying that he was still hospitalized.
The cause of the accident (and the worker’s name) hasn’t been released yet and the police assured the news outlets that they would be looking into things. OSHA may also be involved here.
Map of Grain Millers
Commentary:
It sounds like this company is really watching what they say in public about this accident, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. On the other hand, I’ve always found it a little foreboding when a company refuses to divulge any information on work-related accidents, particularly ones that involve employees being hurt or killed on the job.
On the surface, it sounds like they’re being cautious and thoughtful, but I can’t help but wonder if perhaps companies go quiet because they’re afraid of exposing potentially negligent practices. Again, perhaps they’re just being overly cautious, but I guess my experience in the industry handling work-related accidents has made me a bit cynical. Still, I don’t think any harm can come from having a solid investigation done, if nothing else than put peoples’ minds to ease.
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