Elizabethtown, KY ·
OSHA Injury Report: summit Polymers Inc. Plant 9
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at summit Polymers Inc. Plant 9 in 2201 West Park Road, Elizabethtown, KY 42701 resulted in days away from work. Employee was fixture Technician in television housings, plastics, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- summit Polymers Inc. Plant 9
- Parent company
- Summit Polymers Inc.
- Street
- 2201 West Park Road
- City
- Elizabethtown
- State
- KY
- ZIP
- 42701
- On-site location
- Maintenance Department
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 1
- Days restricted or transferred
- 7
Before the incident
leaning stretching over a table
What happened
Employee was reaching over a table to connect an HMI to the back of a fixture. While stretched out lower back tightened up. There was a pain that started in his lower back and went down his legs.
Injury or illness
Strain to the lower back area.
Object or substance involved
leaning over a table
Summary line
reached over a table to connect an [REDACTED] and a sharp pain went through back and legs.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Fixture Technician
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 326199: Television housings, plastics, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 330
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 667,283
- EIN
- 381990845
- Establishment ID
- 1123908
- Employer case #
- 23-16
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:00
- Time of incident
- 12:00
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-27
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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