Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at GC Packaging LLC, 204 East Bethany Drive, ALLEN, TEXAS 75002
on — Fractures, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was using a rag to clean oil from a hot foil stamping machine. The machine's sensor was not working, and it fractured the employee's arm and lacerated a hand. The machine was running at the time.
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