Walkerton, IN —
OSHA Injury Report: Polygon US6
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Polygon US6 in Walkerton, IN 46574 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was resin Mixer in profile shapes (e.g., rod, tube), nonrigid plastics, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Polygon US6
- Parent company
- Polygon Company
- Street
- 103 Industrial Park Dr
- City
- Walkerton
- State
- IN
- ZIP
- 46574
- On-site location
- Trash hopper.
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 61
Before the incident
Dumping trash.
What happened
Employee was dumping the hopper outside. The hopper did not retract all the way and lock. The employee pulled the hopper down to latch it in and the hopper struck his left hand.
Injury or illness
Fracture of thumb left side.
Object or substance involved
Trash hopper.
Summary line
Fracture of thumb left side.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Resin Mixer
- SOC code
- 51-9023 — Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- NAICS code
- 326121 — Profile shapes (e.g., rod, tube), nonrigid plastics, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 230
- Total hours worked
- 444240
- Establishment ID
- 102364
- Employer case #
- FY23-00005
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 12:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 14:30:00.000
- Submitted
- 29JAN24:16:29:00
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.