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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 winder Operator 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
Extruder 5
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

EE was removing plastic from an extruder stabilizer bar on extruder #5. While exerting a lot of force to pull the plastic up it tore and the EE 's right hand flew up over their head and struck an overhead pipe bracket.

EE was removing plastic from an extruder stabilizer bar on extruder #5. While exerting a lot of force to pull the plastic up it tore and the EE 's right hand flew up over their head and struck an overhead pipe bracket causing a laceration to the outside base of their right pinky finger.

Laceration outside base of right pinky finger.

Overhead pipe bracket.

Stabilizer bar - Left hand laceration

Job description
Winder Operator
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 #
11
Date of incident
Shift started
19:00:00.000
Time of incident
2:00:00.000
Submitted
13FEB24:22:55:00

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.