Fractures

Name: Fractures at Polyplex USA LLC
Start: 8/16/2025

1 hospitalization · 2025088147 · 8/16/2025 · Polyplex USA LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Ankle(s) and leg(s) n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source: Machinery unspecified
Secondary source: Rollers, cylinders

Employer

Name: Polyplex USA LLC
Location: 3001 Mallard Fox Drive NW, DECATUR, ALABAMA, 35601
NAICS: 326199
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning the rollers on a piece of equipment when their left leg and ankle were caught in the machine. The employee's left fibula was fractured and they sustained an open fracture to the right ankle that required surgery.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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