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OSHA Injury Report: Hilex Poly - North Vernon Bag

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Hilex Poly - North Vernon Bag in North Vernon, IN 47265 resulted in days away from work. Employee was maintenance Rebuild Tech 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
Maintenance Shop
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
89
Days restricted or transferred
15

EE was attempting to press a stuck shaft out of a treater roller using a hydraulic arbor press. EE was holding a piece of stock adapter between the press ' ram and the shaft with their right hand (removed right hand from holding stock after press made contact) and resting their left hand on the press ' frame and operating the press with a foot pedal. As the pressure increased the frame twisted slightly causing the stock adapter to come loose allowing the roller under pressure to kick out.

EE was attempting to press a stuck shaft out of a treater roller using a hydraulic arbor press. EE was holding a piece of stock adapter between the press ' ram and the shaft with their right hand (removed right hand from holding stock after press made contact) and resting their left hand on the press ' frame and operating the press with a foot pedal. As the pressure increased the frame twisted slightly causing the stock adapter to come loose allowing the roller under pressure to kick out and smash the EE 's left thumb causing a fracture.

Left thumb fracture.

Steel roller with journal and Arbor Press frame.

Arbor Press - Left thumb fracture

Job description
Maintenance Rebuild Tech
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
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 #
6
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
8:30:00.000
Submitted
13FEB24:22:36:00

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.