Portage, MI ·
OSHA Injury Report: Summit Polymers, Inc. Tech Center
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Summit Polymers, Inc. Tech Center in 6715 S Sprinkle Road, Portage, MI 49002 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was paint and Assembly Engineering Technician in television housings, plastics, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Summit Polymers, Inc. Tech Center
- Parent company
- Summit Polymers
- Street
- 6715 S Sprinkle Road
- City
- Portage
- State
- MI
- ZIP
- 49002
- On-site location
- Build area racking
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 104
Before the incident
disassembling racks carrying racking and assembling racking. To disassemble the racks employee was using a mixture of hitting the bottom of the crossbeam with their palm of hands and a hammer to dislodge the crossbars.
What happened
Repetitiveness of disassembling racks carrying racking and assembling racking put pressure on elbows causing consistent elbow pain for the employee. Employee continued to work without concern thinking the pain would go away with a little rest.
Injury or illness
Repetitive motion injury to the bilateral elbows Medial epicondylitis bilaterally
Object or substance involved
Repetitive motion of disassembling and assembling racks.
Summary line
Injured due to repetitive motion due to disassembling and building racks. Employee diagnosed with Repetitive motion injury to elbows.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Paint and Assembly Engineering Technician
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 326199: Television housings, plastics, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 240
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 422,096
- EIN
- 381990845
- Establishment ID
- 1266429
- Employer case #
- 2024-1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- Not known — the employer filed this case without a time of day.
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-01-31
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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, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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