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OSHA Injury Report: Hilex Poly A NOVOLEX Company - Jerome

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Hilex Poly A NOVOLEX Company - Jerome in Jerome, ID 83338 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was forklift Driver in grocery bags, plastics film, single wall or multiwall, manufacturing.

Establishment
Hilex Poly A NOVOLEX Company - Jerome
Parent company
Hilex Poly
Street
540 W Nez Perce
City
Jerome
State
ID
ZIP
83338
On-site location
Shipping/Receiving Warhouse
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

EE was attempting to place a sign on the outside of the Shipping & Receiving [REDACTED] entrance door. While holding the door open (approximately 4) with their left foot and left hand the EE used their right hand to place the sign on the outside of the door. When EE firmly pushed on the door with their right hand to hang the sign their left foot slide out of way of holding the door open causing the door to shut on their left ring and middle fingers.

EE was attempting to place a sign on the outside of the Shipping & Receiving Warehouse entrance door. While holding the door open (approximately 4) with their left foot and left hand the EE used their right hand to place the sign on the outside of the door. When EE firmly pushed on the door with their right hand to hang the sign their left foot slide out of way of holding the door open causing the door to shut on their left ring and middle fingers. Resulted in left middle & ring finger laceration stitches and left middle fingertip fracture.

Left middle & ring finger laceration stitches & left middle fingertip fracture.

Warehouse Shipping Receiving door.

Warehouse Door - Left middle & ring finger aceration stitches & left middle fingertip fracture

Job description
Forklift Driver
SOC code
53-7051 — Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
NAICS code
326111 — Grocery bags, plastics film, single wall or multiwall, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
161
Total hours worked
382347
EIN
562379442
Establishment ID
824904
Employer case #
3
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
10:00
Filing year
2024
Submitted
01MAR2025:01:53:00

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.