North Vernon, IN —
OSHA Injury Report: Hilex Poly - North Vernon Bag
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
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.
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 49
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
EE attempted to conduct a cutting over on [REDACTED] [REDACTED]. While attempting the cutover it failed and the plastic did not cut so the EE flipped and cut plastic with [REDACTED]knife to start a new roll. Plastic didn 't catch on the new spindle so EE moved hand to hit film so it would catch and their fingers were smashed in between the Winder spindle and roller.
What happened
EE attempted to conduct a cutting over on [REDACTED] [REDACTED]. While attempting the cutover it failed and the plastic did not cut so the EE flipped and cut plastic with [REDACTED]knife to start a new roll. Plastic didn 't catch on the new spindle so EE moved hand to hit film so it would catch and their fingers were smashed in between the Winder spindle and roller causing a fracture to their right ring finger.
Injury or illness
Right ring finger fracture.
Object or substance involved
Winder roller & spindle.
Summary line
Winder roller & spindle - Right ring finger fracture
Employee and industry
- 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 #
- 15
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 15:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 17:00:00.000
- Submitted
- 14FEB24:00:22:00
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.