Mt. Sterling, KY ·
OSHA Injury Report: Summit Polymers Inc. P06
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Summit Polymers Inc. P06 in 160 Clarence Drive, Mt. Sterling, KY 40353 resulted in days away from work. Employee was maintenance Tech in television housings, plastics, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Summit Polymers Inc. P06
- Parent company
- Summit Polymers Inc
- Street
- 160 Clarence Drive
- City
- Mt. Sterling
- State
- KY
- ZIP
- 40353
- On-site location
- Molding Department Press 3
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 29
Before the incident
Employee was cleaning the barrel of the press.
What happened
Pressure built up causing hot plastic to shoot out.
Injury or illness
The plastic caused severe burns to the employee 's face.
Object or substance involved
Hot plastic
Summary line
Purge process - Trying to break free hardened material. Face was over the feed throat when it exploded in his face.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Maintenance Tech
- SOC code
- 49-9041: Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- NAICS code
- 326199: Television housings, plastics, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 260
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 527,097
- EIN
- 381990845
- Establishment ID
- 1123887
- Employer case #
- 38155
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 15:00
- Time of incident
- 20:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-01-14
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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