Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Graphic Packaging International, Inc., 1000 JONESBORO ROAD, WEST MONROE, LOUISIANA 71294
on — Fractures, affecting the foot(feet) and leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was waiting for a sliced roll of paper to emerge from a paper machine winder. When the sliced roll emerged, the employee removed the side roll from the back roll and used tape to secure the side roll to the back roll. The employee then turned to get a core to place in the winder, at which time the side roll fell over, striking and fracturing the employee's lower left leg and foot.
HospitalizedFoot(feet) and leg(s), unspecifiedReels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
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