Sturgis, MI ·
OSHA Injury Report: Summit Polymers Inc, Syntech Plant
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Summit Polymers Inc, Syntech Plant in 1211 Progress Street, Sturgis, MI 49091 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was paint Supervisor 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 Storage room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 7
Before the incident
Lifting a bucket of paint
What happened
Back strain from moving a paint bucket from a self which is 30 inches from the ground. Employee moved bucket to the paint cart which is 6 inches off the ground. Employee was using both hands on the handle and turned around and placed bucket on the cart and felt and felt a sharp pain in the back.
Injury or illness
Lumbosacral Strain
Object or substance involved
paint bucket
Summary line
As employee was using both hands on the handle turned around and placed bucket on the cart and felt and felt a sharp pain in the back.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Paint Supervisor
- SOC code
- 51-1011: First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
- 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 #
- 5
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:00
- Time of incident
- 06:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-01-23
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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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