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OSHA Injury Report: Polymer Industries - Henagar

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Polymer Industries - Henagar in 10526 Burton Drive, Henagar, AL 35978 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was press helper in tanks, storage, plastics or fiberglass, manufacturing.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Polymer Industries - Henagar
Parent company
Polymer Industries LLC
Street
10526 Burton Drive
City
Henagar
State
AL
ZIP
35978
On-site location
Bottom of Press 8

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Before the incident

Applying frekote to the mold on Press 8.

What happened

The employee was drying frekote with an air hose and an employee on the opposite side was blowing frekote to dry it also. The employee stated while the other employee was blowing air to dry the frekote the other employee sprayed a small puddle of frekote in the mold. This caused the frekote to splash up and enter the employee 's left eye under his safety glasses.

Injury or illness

Foreign object chemical in the left eye which caused immediate irritation and burning sensation.

Object or substance involved

Frekote.

Summary line

Foreign object in left eye when employee was drying frekote with air hose.

Employee and industry

Job description
Press helper
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
326199 — Tanks, storage, plastics or fiberglass, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
200
Total hours worked
401042
EIN
630944591
Establishment ID
341616
Employer case #
12

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
8:00
Time of incident
13:20
Filing year
2024
Submitted
03FEB2025:19:59:00

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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.