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 line 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 1
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 3
- Days restricted or transferred
- 38
Before the incident
Pulling off other sheets from the line.
What happened
Employee was fixing other sheets when he saw a sheet get stuck on the far side of the line. He went under the guard without locking out the machine and when he pushed up on the plastic his fingertips were pinched between the plastic sheets and a metal clamp.
Injury or illness
Crushed fingertips that resulted in fingertip amputations.
Object or substance involved
Plastic sheet and the metal clamp.
Summary line
Amputation to right middle and ring fingertips when employee mashed fingers b t plastic and bar of the machine.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Line 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 #
- 11
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 20:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 23:23:00.000
- Submitted
- 15FEB24:19:10:00
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.