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 material Handler 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
- Paint Shed
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 27
Before the incident
Loading paint back into the paint shed
What happened
Employee in the paint shed was lifting 57 lbs. 5-gallon buckets of paint 47-50in onto the top of the paint rack. After finishing loading all the buckets he noticed his back started hurting.
Injury or illness
Strain of muscle fascia and tendon of lower back.
Object or substance involved
Paint Bucket
Summary line
Materials employee in the paint shed was lifting 57 lbs. 5-gallon buckets of paint 47-50in onto the top of the paint rack. After finishing loading all the buckets he noticed his back started hurting.
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 (2025 average)
- 260
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 540,825
- EIN
- 381990845
- Establishment ID
- 1123908
- Employer case #
- 11
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- Not known — the employer filed this case without a time of day.
- 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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