Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified · Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Packaging Corporation of America, 500 113th St., ARLINGTON, TEXAS 76011
on , Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c., affecting the hand(s) and finger(s).
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Final narrative
A temporary employee was stacking material when the punching equipment line was stopped by other employees so they could address the recycling baler. The temporary employee went to the area around the shredder and was attempting to pull some material from underneath a conveyor when the employee's left hand was caught between the roller and the belt of the conveyor. The employee suffered a crushed left hand, fractured left thumb, and skin removal from the back of the left hand.
HospitalizedHand(s) and finger(s)Conveyors-belt
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