Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at Genpak, LLC
Start: 12/17/2021

1 hospitalization · 20211210853 · 12/17/2021 · Genpak, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Arm(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Genpak, LLC
Location: 505 E. Cotton Street, CARTHAGE, TEXAS, 75633
NAICS: 326199
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a tape measure to gauge the width of a plastic sheet as it went into an oven. The tape measure got caught on the sheet and was pulled in. The employee was caught between the sheet and the idle roller, suffering a cut to the arm.

Source

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