Henagar, AL —
OSHA Injury Report: Polymer Industries - Henagar
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Polymer Industries - Henagar in Henagar, AL 35978 resulted in days away from work. Employee was recycling in tanks, storage, plastics or fiberglass, manufacturing.
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
- Warehouse 3
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 42
- Days restricted or transferred
- 14
Before the incident
Loading shredder 12 with scrap
What happened
The employee pulled on the top of a Gaylord box that was full of scrap plastic and the cardboard gave way. He landed on his buttocks on the platform then tumbled backwards off the platform landing on his back on the concrete floor. He sustained fractured vertabrae and lacerations to his head.
Injury or illness
Fractured vertabrae and lacerations to his head
Object or substance involved
Concrete floor
Summary line
Lacerations to head after falling from shredder platform onto concrete floor
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Recycling
- SOC code
- 53-7081 — Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors
- NAICS code
- 326199 — Tanks, storage, plastics or fiberglass, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 203
- Total hours worked
- 378053
- EIN
- 630944591
- Establishment ID
- 341616
- Employer case #
- 6
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 10:44
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 12FEB26:16:54:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.