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OSHA Injury Report: Hilex Poly A NOVOLEX Company - North Vernon Bag

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Hilex Poly A NOVOLEX Company - North Vernon Bag in North Vernon, IN 47265 resulted in days away from work. Employee was ink Room Coordinator in grocery bags, plastics film, single wall or multiwall, manufacturing.

Establishment
Hilex Poly A NOVOLEX Company - North Vernon Bag
Parent company
Hilex Poly
Street
1001 N Madison Ave
City
North Vernon
State
IN
ZIP
47265
On-site location
Ink Kitchen
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
102

EE was using putty knife to scrape dried ink from an ink tray that was being prepped for reuse. While scraping the pan the putty knife slipped and contacted their right middle finger knuckle.

EE was using putty knife to scrape dried ink from an ink tray that was being prepped for reuse. While scraping the pan the putty knife slipped and contacted their right middle finger knuckle causing a laceration.

Right middle finger laceration stitches.

Putty Knife.

Putty Knife - Right middle finger laceration stitches

Job description
Ink Room Coordinator
SOC code
43-9199 — Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other
NAICS code
326111 — Grocery bags, plastics film, single wall or multiwall, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
208
Total hours worked
575753
EIN
562379442
Establishment ID
825011
Employer case #
3
Date of incident
Shift started
5:53
Time of incident
10:27
Filing year
2025
Submitted
02MAR26:21:37:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.