Elizabethtown, KY ·
OSHA Injury Report: summit Polymers Inc. Plant 9
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at summit Polymers Inc. Plant 9 in 2201 West Park Road, Elizabethtown, KY 42701 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was assembly Operator in television housings, plastics, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- summit Polymers Inc. Plant 9
- Parent company
- Summit Polymers Inc.
- Street
- 2201 West Park Road
- City
- Elizabethtown
- State
- KY
- ZIP
- 42701
- On-site location
- Where 76's are located
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 6
Before the incident
Employee was grabbing supplies in a box off of a pallet for her line
What happened
Employee was grabbing supplies due to being short staffed and not having a utility which caused her to lift incorrectly.
Injury or illness
Strained back ( Acute lumbar strain)
Object or substance involved
Supply box
Summary line
Operator went to grab 76 's for line to prevent it shutting down since they were short a utility. She picked up the box from the pallet jack which caused her to strain her back.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Assembly Operator
- SOC code
- 51-2099: Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other
- NAICS code
- 326199: Television housings, plastics, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 260
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 540,825
- EIN
- 381990845
- Establishment ID
- 1123908
- Employer case #
- 13
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 15:45
- Time of incident
- 21:15
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-13
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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