Sturgis, MI ·
OSHA Injury Report: Summit Polymers Inc, Syntech Plant
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Summit Polymers Inc, Syntech Plant in 1211 Progress Street, Sturgis, MI 49091 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was paint Operator in television housings, plastics, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Summit Polymers Inc, Syntech Plant
- Parent company
- Summit Polymers Inc.
- Street
- 1211 Progress Street
- City
- Sturgis
- State
- MI
- ZIP
- 49091
- On-site location
- Paint Department Booth
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Standing near an employee who was turning on an air valve to a paint pump.
What happened
The air line pressurized to 25 psi when turned on causing paint to discharge from the filter housing. The paint went towards employee at high velocity landing in her eye.
Injury or illness
Foreign matter in eye
Object or substance involved
Paint
Summary line
Paint manager turned on air valve to pump causing it to shoot solvent-based paint from the filter housing and hit paint operator in the right eye
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Paint Operator
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 326199: Television housings, plastics, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 155
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 263,042
- EIN
- 381990845
- Establishment ID
- 1118078
- Employer case #
- 2
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:30
- Time of incident
- 14:40
- 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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