RICHARDSON, TEXAS—
General Packaging Corporation
Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at General Packaging Corporation, 200 E. Arapaho, RICHARDSON, TEXAS 75081 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was putting foam beneath a die cutter machine when the machine came down, crushing and amputating his left index finger.
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RICHARDSON, TEXAS—
General Packaging Corporation
An employee was cutting foam with a band saw when their right glove got caught in the sawblade, pulling their right little finger into the blade and causing a partial fingertip amputation.
GARLAND, TEXAS—
General Packaging Corporation
An employee was unloading palletized scrap metal from the bed of a bobtail truck using a pallet jack. The pallet of scrap metal started to fall over the edge at the end of the truck causing the pallet jack to raise up and crush the employee's right index finger between it and the scrap metal. The fingertip was amputated.
DALLAS, TEXAS—
GENERAL PACKAGING CORPORATION
An employee was operating a drill press. The press caught his right glove, and the drill bit lacerated the top of his hand.
DALLAS, TEXAS—
GENERAL PACKAGING CORPORATION
An employee was notching a 2x4 on a table saw and sustained a distal amputation of the left middle finger.
DALLAS, TEXAS—
GENERAL PACKAGING CORPORATION
An employee was removing a piece of lumber from the conveyor and her finger was caught in between a belt and pulley system causing an amputation injury.
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