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OSHA Injury Report: Hilex Poly - Jerome

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Hilex Poly - Jerome in 540 W Nez Perce, Jerome, ID 83338 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was bag Machine Operator in grocery bags, plastics film, single wall or multiwall, manufacturing.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Hilex Poly - Jerome
Parent company
Hilex Poly
Street
540 W Nez Perce
City
Jerome
State
ID
ZIP
83338
On-site location
Bag Machine 1

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
10

Before the incident

EE was assisting another operator with a film jam in the lower seal head on [REDACTED] 1. The upper seal head was in the open and locked position when EE reached into remove the film jam in the lower seal head when their right index finger struck the Seal Head Hot Knife cutting through the cut-resistant glove.

What happened

EE was assisting another operator with a film jam in the lower seal head on Bag Machine 1. The upper seal head was in the open and locked position when EE reached into remove the film jam in the lower seal head when their right index finger struck the Seal Head Hot Knife cutting through the cut-resistant glove causing a laceration the 3rd knuckle on their right index finger.

Injury or illness

Right index finger 3rd knuckle laceration stitches.

Object or substance involved

Bag Machine Seal Head Hot Knife

Summary line

Bag Machine Seal Head Hot Knife - Right index finger 3rd knuckle laceration stitches

Employee and industry

Job description
Bag Machine Operator
SOC code
51-4199 — Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
NAICS code
326111 — Grocery bags, plastics film, single wall or multiwall, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
180
Total hours worked
387198
EIN
562379442
Establishment ID
824904
Employer case #
4

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:45:00.000
Time of incident
8:00:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
13FEB24:15:38:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.