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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2017032804 · 3/28/2017 · Plastipak Packaging, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source
Banding, baling, strapping machinery

Employer

Name
Plastipak Packaging, Inc.
Location
4101 PARDUE ROAD, PINEVILLE, LOUISIANA, 71360
NAICS
326199
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was pulling out a strapper from the home position when the strapper came loose, striking the employee's right middle finger against a stationary frame. The employee suffered a broken right middle finger and was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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