FREMONT, OHIO—
Graham Packaging Company
Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. · Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Graham Packaging Company, 725 Industrial Drive, FREMONT, OHIO 43420 on — Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c., affecting the knee(s) and leg(s).
Final narrative
An employee was unjamming a part in a nearby machine when she stepped back into an unguarded robotic material handler. The handler caught her left leg, breaking her fibula and severely lacerating her leg from the kneecap to the ankle. She required surgery.
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ROCKWALL, TEXAS—
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An employee was performing maintenance on a grinder and checking the tension of the drive belt when their left hand was pulled into the in-running nip point between the belt and the pulley. The employee sustained the amputation of their left index, middle and ring fingers as well as the little fingertip.
YORK, PENNSYLVANIA—
Graham Packaging Company
An employee was troubleshooting a resin-handling system when the rotating rotor unit caught the employee's fingers, resulting in the amputation of three of the employee's fingertips.
FREMONT, OHIO—
Graham Packaging Company
An employee was working on an extension ladder to remove a valve when the ladder slid out. The employee fell 11 feet with the ladder to the floor below and was hospitalized with a facial fracture and laceration.
STURTEVANT, WISCONSIN—
Graham Packaging Company
An employee was manually lifting individual pieces of scrap metal and throwing them into a metal bin when he was struck in the right eye by a metal rod that was ejected from the bin. He was wearing gloves and eye protection at the time.
MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA—
Graham Packaging Company
A slide gate closed on and severely cut an employee's left wrist, resulting in a left hand amputation.
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