North Vernon, IN —
OSHA Injury Report: Hilex Poly - North Vernon Bag
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
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.
Where did this happen?
- 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
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 74
Before the incident
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.
What happened
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.
Injury or illness
Right thumb laceration.
Object or substance involved
Extruder Heat Shroud.
Summary line
Extruder Heat Shroud - Right thumb laceration
Employee and industry
- 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
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 10:00:00.000
- Submitted
- 13FEB24:22:41:00
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.