STERLING, MA —
OSHA Injury Report: BIOMEDICAL POLYMERS INC
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at BIOMEDICAL POLYMERS INC in STERLING, MA 1564 resulted in days away from work. Employee was shipping Receiving in injection molding machinery for plastics manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- BIOMEDICAL POLYMERS INC
- Parent company
- BIOMEDICAL POLYMERS INC
- Street
- 16 CHOCKETT ROAD
- City
- STERLING
- State
- MA
- ZIP
- 1564
- On-site location
- WAREHOUSE
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 9
Before the incident
EMPLOYEE STEPPED UP ON RACK RAILING TO RETRIEVE A PART.
What happened
EMPLOYEE FELT [REDACTED] LOST BALANCE AND FELL BACKWARDS INTO THE CART. EMPLOYEE THEN HIT HIS HEAD ON THE FLOOR AND LOST CONCIOUSNESS FOR A SECOND OR TWO.
Injury or illness
HIT BACK OF HEAD LOWER BACK RIGHT SHOULDER AND ELBOW ON CONCRETE FLOOR AFTER FALLING FROM RAILING.
Object or substance involved
CONCRETE FLOOR CART
Summary line
EMPLOYEE FELL BACKWARDS OFF OF RACK RAILING HITTING A CART AND THEN THE FLOOR RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONCIOUSNESS AND A HURT BACK OF HEAD RIGHT ARM SHOULDER AND LOWER BACK.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Shipping Receiving
- SOC code
- 43-5071 — Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks
- NAICS code
- 333249 — Injection molding machinery for plastics manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 97
- Total hours worked
- 188234
- EIN
- 42643934
- Establishment ID
- 1018528
- Employer case #
- 2024-05
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 5:24
- Time of incident
- 9:33
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 24JAN2025:16:33:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.