Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.

Name: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Packaging Corporation of America
Start: 1/17/2020

1 hospitalization · 2020010542 · 1/17/2020 · Packaging Corporation of America

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), except finger(s)
Nature of injury: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.

Cause

Event: Slip without fall, n.e.c.
Source: Animal and plant byproducts, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Packaging Corporation of America
Location: 4585 Industrial Road, JACKSON, ALABAMA, 36545
NAICS: 32212
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was stepping onto an angled piece of metal to reach/wash off the gravity table when he slipped, reached to catch himself, and his left hand contacted the drive head roll belt, resulting in lacerations to the top of his left hand and a boxer's fracture. He required surgery to repair tendon damage.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown