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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 maintenance Technician 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 9
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

EE was changing out the Secondary [REDACTED]s on [REDACTED] #9 (standing outside the [REDACTED]) they attempting to pull the rollers towards them across the top of the Secondary [REDACTED] bottom guard when the far end of the roller fell off the guard the EE to lost control of the roller causing them to smash their fingertip against the motor frame.

EE was changing out the Secondary [REDACTED]s on [REDACTED] #9 (standing outside the [REDACTED]) they attempting to pull the rollers towards them across the top of the Secondary [REDACTED] bottom guard when the far end of the roller fell off the guard the EE to lost control of the roller causing them to smash their fingertip against the motor frame causing a right middle finger contusion.

Right middle finger contusion.

Bag Machine Secondary Draw Roller and motor frame.

Bag Machine Secondary Draw Roller - Right middle finger contusion

Job description
Maintenance Technician
SOC code
49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
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 #
5
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
17:20:00.000
Submitted
13FEB24:22:33:00

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.