Kalamazoo, MI ·
OSHA Injury Report: Summit Polymers Inc. P18
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Summit Polymers Inc. P18 in 5858 E N Avenue, Kalamazoo, MI 49048 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was material Handler in television housings, plastics, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Summit Polymers Inc. P18
- Parent company
- Summit Polymers Inc.
- Street
- 5858 E N Avenue
- City
- Kalamazoo
- State
- MI
- ZIP
- 49048
- On-site location
- Docks/Shipping
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 104
Before the incident
The claim is that he was scanning totes and the repetitive bending caused strain to the lower back. Later stated it was from being hit by a forklift.
What happened
EE disclosed prior injury and bending to scan caused aggravation. Later stated he was hit by a forklift that was not disclosed.
Injury or illness
Lower back strain; herniated discs.
Object or substance involved
Uknown - repetitive motion or forklift.
Summary line
Lower back (disputed and struck thru)
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Material Handler
- SOC code
- 53-7062: Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- NAICS code
- 326199: Television housings, plastics, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 247
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 542,648
- EIN
- 381990845
- Establishment ID
- 1123909
- Employer case #
- W24001152
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
- 2025-02-05
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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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