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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 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
Winder 40
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
74

EE was removing parts from a machine that has been down for an extended period of time to fix another machine. During the removal of the part the IE lost their screwdriver down between the parts. When reaching for the screwdriver the heat shield from the part fell over.

EE was removing parts from a machine that has been down for an extended period of time to fix another machine. During the removal of the part the IE lost their screwdriver down between the parts. When reaching for the screwdriver the heat shield from the part fell over hitting the EE 's thumb causing a laceration.

Right thumb laceration.

Extruder Heat Shroud.

Extruder Heat Shroud - Right thumb laceration

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 #
7
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
10:00:00.000
Submitted
13FEB24:22:41:00

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.