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OSHA Injury Report: Hilex Poly - North Vernon Bag

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Hilex Poly - North Vernon Bag in North Vernon, IN 47265 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was bag Machine Operator in grocery bags, plastics film, single wall or multiwall, manufacturing.

Establishment
Hilex Poly - North Vernon Bag
Parent company
Hilex Poly
Street
1001 N Madison Ave
City
North Vernon
State
IN
ZIP
47265
On-site location
Bag Machine 2
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

EE was tightening a stacking table bolt on Bag Machine #2 when the wrench slipped off the bolt head and the forward motion caused the EE 's left hand to strike against the corner of the upper blocking bar.

EE was tightening a stacking table bolt on Bag Machine #2 when the wrench slipped off the bolt head and the forward motion caused the EE 's left hand to strike against the corner of the upper blocking bar causing a left hand laceration.

Back of left hand laceration stitches.

Corner of Bag Machine Upper Blocking Bar.

Loosening bolt - Left hand laceration stitches

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
263
Total hours worked
604911
EIN
562379442
Establishment ID
825011
Employer case #
4
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
11:00:00.000
Submitted
13FEB24:22:30:00

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.