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Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.

1 hospitalization · 2016076905 · 7/28/2016 · Graham Packaging Company

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Knee(s) and leg(s)
Nature of injury
Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
Source
Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Graham Packaging Company
Location
725 Industrial Drive, FREMONT, OHIO, 43420
NAICS
326112
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was unjamming a part in a nearby machine when she stepped back into an unguarded robotic material handler. The handler caught her left leg, breaking her fibula and severely lacerating her leg from the kneecap to the ankle. She required surgery.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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