Elizabethtown, KY —
OSHA Injury Report: summit Polymers Inc. Plant 9
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at summit Polymers Inc. Plant 9 in Elizabethtown, KY 42701 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was maintenance Tech 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
- Molding Department
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 102
Before the incident
loosening bolts on Press #8
What happened
Employee was breaking bolts loose on injection cylinder on Press#8 and the ratchet teeth broke causing employee to have pain in back.
Injury or illness
Back strain
Object or substance involved
ratchet (tool)
Summary line
While in using a ratchet to loosen bolts it broke causing back & leg pain.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Maintenance Tech
- SOC code
- 49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- NAICS code
- 326199 — Television housings, plastics, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 330
- Total hours worked
- 667283
- EIN
- 381990845
- Establishment ID
- 1123908
- Employer case #
- 23-1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 8:00:00.000
- Submitted
- 28FEB24:03:00:00
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.