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Flint Group Packaging Inks North America Corporation

NAICS325910 Event Exposure to environmental heat indoor Source Heat environmental

An employee had been using a hoist to add bulk bags of pigment to tanks in an area that was not air conditioned. The employee collapsed from heat stress and…
Effects of heat n.e.c. BODY SYSTEMS Hospitalized
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Packaging Corporation of America

NAICS322122 Event Struck by other falling object n.e.c. Source Bundles, bales

…One of the cardboard bales weighing approximately 1200 pounds fell from the conveyor and struck the employee, resulting in bilateral rib fractures, fractured vertebrae, and a laceration.
Fractures Multiple trunk locations Hospitalized
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Packaging Corporation of America Inc.

NAICS322211 Event Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet Source Source, secondary source unspecified

An employee was assisting with lubrication of machinery in a controlled area. The employee was looking up at a chain, stepped backward, and fell into the "broke hole" that rejected…
Fractures and soft tissue injuries Upper and lower extremities n.e.c. Hospitalized
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PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA

NAICS322211 Event Exposure through intact tissue Source Sulfuric acid

An employee was closing a sulfuric acid line when sulfuric acid was released into the atmosphere and sprayed on their face, forearms, hip, back, and chest resulting in chemical burns.
Chemical burns, corrosions degree unspecified Multiple body parts n.e.c. Hospitalized
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Packaging Corporation of America

NAICS322211 Event Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation Source Paper production machinery unspecified

On January 12, 2024, an employee was splicing a new roll of paper into a preconditioner on a corrugated line when the paper broke and the their right hand was…
Fractures and burns Hand(s) and wrist(s) Hospitalized
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Packaging Corporation of America

NAICS322211 EventCaught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning SourceProduct labeling machinery

On October 20, 2023, an employee was clearing a jam when their hand contacted the labeler machine's infeed rollers causing amputations to multiple fingers.
Amputations Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified Hospitalized Amputation
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PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA - PCA

NAICS488991 EventFall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet SourceExisting floor opening

An employee was lubricating equipment approximately 20 feet above ground level when he fell through an opening and landed on the ground. The employee sustained a fractured skull, fractured T11…
Skull fracture and intracranial injury Brain Hospitalized
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Packaging Corporation of America

NAICS322212 EventCaught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified SourcePaper production machinery, unspecified

…When the roll grabbed the sheet, it pulled the employee's finger into the roll, resulting in amputation of the left little fingertip.
Amputations Fingertip(s) Hospitalized Amputation
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Packaging Corporation of America

NAICS322211 EventFall on same level, unspecified SourceFloor, n.e.c.

On December 22, 2022, an employee slipped/tripped on dunnage and fell resulting in a fractured right hip. The employee was hospitalized.
Fractures Hip(s) Hospitalized
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PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA

NAICS322211 EventContact with hot objects or substances SourceChemicals and chemical products, n.e.c.

…As the employee turned and walked away from the completed job, the packing sleeve lost its fit to the hub/shaft and blew out of the packing box causing hot…
Second degree heat (thermal) burns Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified Hospitalized
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Packaging Corporation of America

NAICS322121 EventFall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet SourceExisting floor opening

In the feedwater basement, an auxiliary pump had been put into place for temporary drainage into an approximately 20-inch-deep trench. The grate guarding the trench was askew to…
Second degree heat (thermal) burns Lower leg(s) Hospitalized
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Packaging Corporation of America

NAICS322211 EventStruck against moving part of machinery or equipment SourceFans, blowers-wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation

An employee lost balance while walking and his left hand contacted fan blades. He suffered partial amputations to the little and ring fingers.
Amputations Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified Amputation
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PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA

NAICS322211 EventFall on same level, unspecified SourceFloor, n.e.c.

An employee was pulling a scrap cart out of a machine. The employee fell backwards to the floor, suffering a broken ankle.
Fractures Ankle(s) Hospitalized
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Packaging Corporation of America

NAICS322211 EventFall on same level due to slipping SourceFloors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified

An employee slipped on ice at a work site and fell forward to the concrete floor. He suffered two jaw fractures and a ruptured ear drum.
Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. Multiple head locations Hospitalized
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Packaging Corporation of America

NAICS322211 EventInjured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker SourceCrowbars

On December 14, 2020, an employee was manually rotating a die board cylinder. The prybar he was using to rotate the cylinder came down and pinched his left hand against…
Amputations Fingertip(s) Amputation
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PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA

NAICS322211 EventDirect exposure to electricity, unspecified SourceElectric parts, unspecified

An employee was checking the voltage on the power source to a chipper motor. The meter blew up, causing an arc flash that burned the employee's neck, face, and…
Electrical burns, unspecified Multiple body parts, n.e.c. Hospitalized
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Packaging Corporation of America

NAICS561910 EventFall, slip, trip, unspecified SourceMaterial and personnel handling machinery, unspecified

An employee was walking on conveyors when another employee removed a roller from the conveyor. The employee stepped where there was no roller and fell, cutting his arm on the…
Cuts, lacerations Arm(s), unspecified Hospitalized
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Packaging Corporation of America

NAICS322211 EventFall on same level due to tripping over an object SourceFloors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified

An employee was walking around a unit of corrugate, tripped on dunnage, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured femur.
Fractures Thigh(s) Hospitalized
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Packaging Corporation of America

NAICS32212 EventCaught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation SourceElevators

While closing the door of the recovery boiler personnel elevator, an employee's right hand was caught in the closing door and three metacarpal bones were fractured.
Fractures Hand(s), except finger(s) Hospitalized
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Packaging Corporation of America

NAICS32212 EventSlip without fall, n.e.c. SourceAnimal and plant byproducts, n.e.c.

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…
Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. Hand(s), except finger(s) Hospitalized
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Packaging Corporation of America

NAICS322211 EventCaught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified SourcePaper production machinery, unspecified

An employee's hand was caught between a roll of paper and a machine mechanism while the paper was being loaded into the machine. The employee suffered a partial amputation…
Amputations Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. Amputation
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Packaging Corporation of America

NAICS322211 EventStruck by or caught in swinging door or gate SourceDoors, except garage and vehicle

An employee was pushing through the entrance door when he reached back to keep it from slamming shut. His right ring finger was then caught between the door hinge. When…
Amputations Fingertip(s) Amputation
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Packaging Corporation of America

NAICS322130 EventCaught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation SourcePaper production machinery, n.e.c.

An employee was operating a sheeter machine that made copy paper. While he was removing a butt roll from a core chuck, his left hand was pinched between the chuck…
Fractures Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified Hospitalized
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Packaging Corporation of America

NAICS322211 EventCaught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning SourcePaper production machinery, unspecified

An employee was unjamming corrugated sheets from a pre-feeder machine when his right arm was caught in the self-closing gate.
Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Arm(s), unspecified Hospitalized
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Packaging Corporation of America

NAICS32212 EventInhalation of harmful substance-single episode SourceChlorine compounds, n.e.c.

An employee was cleaning cake residue from an indirect contact cooler when he was exposed to 0.02 to 0.03 ppm of chlorine dioxide, aggravating his asthma.
Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified BODY SYSTEMS Hospitalized
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