STURTEVANT, WISCONSIN—
Graham Packaging Company
Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Graham Packaging Company , 7100 Durand Ave. Suite 100, STURTEVANT, WISCONSIN 53177 on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the eye(s).
Final narrative
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.
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