# Fractures at Plastipak Packaging, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2016010215` · 1/10/2016 · WEST CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and neck
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Stacking machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Plastipak Packaging, Inc
- **Location:** 1700 Western Dr, WEST CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60185
- **NAICS:** 326160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was injured while operating a plastic bottle palletizer. The employee was caught in the moving components of the machine and suffered skull, neck, and jaw fractures.

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