Jerome, ID —
OSHA Injury Report: Hilex Poly - Jerome
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Hilex Poly - Jerome in Jerome, ID 83338 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was bag Machine Operator in grocery bags, plastics film, single wall or multiwall, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Hilex Poly - Jerome
- Parent company
- Hilex Poly
- Street
- 540 W Nez Perce
- City
- Jerome
- State
- ID
- ZIP
- 83338
- On-site location
- Bag Machine 12
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 5
Before the incident
While a box of fished goods was being pushed through Bag Machine 12 's auto packer the shark fin pusher got lodged on the 2nd shark fin flap folder while it was in the process of returning to the home position. A 2nd box of finished goods was moving into position to be processed through the auto packer when it also got jammed due to the shark fin pusher not being able to return to the home position. When the EE cleared the jams the shark fin pusher broke free and returned to the home position. As the shark fin pusher returned to the home position it struck the EE in the face.
What happened
While a box of fished goods was being pushed through Bag Machine 12 's auto packer the shark fin pusher got lodged on the 2nd shark fin flap folder while it was in the process of returning to the home position. A 2nd box of finished goods was moving into position to be processed through the auto packer when it also got jammed due to the shark fin pusher not being able to return to the home position. When the EE cleared the jams the shark fin pusher broke free and returned to the home position. As the shark fin pusher returned to the home position it struck the EE in the face causing a laceration to their upper lip.
Injury or illness
Upper lip laceration stitches & fractured tooth.
Object or substance involved
Bag Machine Auto Packer Pusher.
Summary line
Bag Machine Auto Packer - Upper lip laceration stitches & fractured tooth
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Bag Machine Operator
- SOC code
- 51-4199 — Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 326111 — Grocery bags, plastics film, single wall or multiwall, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 180
- Total hours worked
- 387198
- EIN
- 562379442
- Establishment ID
- 824904
- Employer case #
- 3
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:45:00.000
- Time of incident
- 11:50:00.000
- Submitted
- 13FEB24:15:28:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.