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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
Back aisle near Extrusion Department
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
1

EE was pushing a cart with a resin vacuum down the back aisle of the Extrusion Department with another employee. The right front leg of the cart got caught on a guard rail causing it to stop and swivel to the left. The corner of the cart struck the EE in the forehead.

EE was pushing a cart with a resin vacuum down the back aisle of the Extrusion Department with another employee. The right front leg of the cart got caught on a guard rail causing it to stop and swivel to the left. The corner of the cart struck the EE in the forehead causing a laceration.

Forehead laceration stitches.

Resin vacuum pump cart.

Resin vacuum pump cart - Forehead laceration stitches

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 #
14
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
10:45:00.000
Submitted
14FEB24:00:18:00

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.