Elizabethtown, KY ·
OSHA Injury Report: summit Polymers Inc. Plant 9
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at summit Polymers Inc. Plant 9 in 2201 West Park Road, Elizabethtown, KY 42701 resulted in other recordable case. 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 Press 4
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Employee was working on a molding press and changing out a water hose.
What happened
Employee was removing the water hose to the feed chamber on press 4 and was sprayed with hot water. Burns to his chest and down his left side.
Injury or illness
Employee was sprayed with burning water. Burns to his chest and down his left side. 2nd degree burns to chest wall and neck.
Object or substance involved
Burning water that did not clear the hose line yet from the press. Employee did not wait till line was clear.
Summary line
Burns to his chest and down his left side
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)
- 270
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 516,194
- EIN
- 381990845
- Establishment ID
- 1123908
- Employer case #
- 4
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 08:00
- Time of incident
- 11:05
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-01-22
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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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