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 6
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 53
Before the incident
EE was attempting to repair Winder #[REDACTED] arm that was out of alignment. When EE touched the arm drive chain and sprocket the machine cycled and caught their right hand fingers.
What happened
EE was attempting to repair Winder #6 arm that was out of alignment. When EE touched the arm drive chain and sprocket the machine cycled and caught their right hand fingers causing a laceration to their right index finer and a fracture to their right index and middle finger tips.
Injury or illness
Laceration to right index finger fracture to right index and middle finger tips.
Object or substance involved
Winder arm drive chain and sprocket.
Summary line
Winder arm - Right index finger fracture & right index & middle finger 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 #
- 12
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 19:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 1:30:00.000
- Submitted
- 14FEB24:00:12:00
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.