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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 shipping Receiving 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
Trash Compactor
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

EE was dumping the converting trash hopper with a forklift into the inside trash compactor a cloud of dust rose from the trash from the trash being dumped.

EE was dumping the converting trash hopper with a forklift into the inside trash compactor a cloud of dust rose from the trash from the trash being dumped lodging a piece of metal in their left eye.

Left eye laceration.

Metal debris.

Metal debris - Left eye laceration

Job description
Shipping Receiving
SOC code
43-5071 — Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks
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 #
8
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
17:30:00.000
Submitted
13FEB24:22:44:00

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.