Henagar, AL —
OSHA Injury Report: Polymer Industries - Henagar
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Polymer Industries - Henagar in Henagar, AL 35978 resulted in days away from work. Employee was machine operator in tanks, storage, plastics or fiberglass, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Polymer Industries - Henagar
- Parent company
- Polymer Industries LLC
- Street
- 10526 Burton Drive
- City
- Henagar
- State
- AL
- ZIP
- 35978
- On-site location
- Sheet line 5
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 9
- Days restricted or transferred
- 173
Before the incident
Trying to save the line after lifting haul off for emboss spot to clear.
What happened
The employee stated he was standing on a blue step ladder while he was pushing the plastic from sagging and the ladder slipped causing him to fall against a metal bar on the machine.
Injury or illness
Left shoulder strain which eventually required surgery.
Object or substance involved
Metal bar on the machine.
Summary line
Left shoulder strain when employee was trying to keep plastic from sagging. Employee fell from a a small step stool against a bar on the machine.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Machine operator
- SOC code
- 51-4199 — Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 326199 — Tanks, storage, plastics or fiberglass, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 184
- Total hours worked
- 373347
- EIN
- 630944591
- Establishment ID
- 341616
- Employer case #
- 10
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 20:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 5:11:00.000
- Submitted
- 15FEB24:18:59:00
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.