Direct exposure to electricity, 220 volts or less · Electrocutions, electric shocks
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Graham Packaging Company L.P., 500 Windsor Street, YORK, PENNSYLVANIA 17403
on — Electrocutions, electric shocks, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
An employee was clearing plastic from the flow head of a blow molder wheel when he contacted a 220-volt circuit, suffering an electrical shock and an abrasion above the wrist. He was hospitalized.
An employee was attempting to clear a jammed pallet from inside a palletizer and suffered a fractured nose, a fractured left orbital bone, and a forehead laceration.
An employee was walking out from between two forklifts when they were struck by a forklift. The employee was knocked backward and struck the floor, resulting in a contusions to the lumbar and wrist areas as well as brain hemorrhaging.
On June 28, 2022, an employee fell while climbing down a ladder, landed on the concrete floor 4 to 6 feet below, and suffered a broken leg. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was cleaning around a blower machine and noticed labels stuck inside. She was attempting to remove the labels when her left index finger was caught in the belt and pulley, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
An employee was attempting to remove a plastic label from a plastic blow molding machine when the machine amputated the employee's right index fingertip.
An employee was setting up music for a fitness class. As the employee plugged their personal device into the outlet, she was shocked. The employee experienced pain in her left side, mainly in her arm and head.
Two employees were testing the phase voltage of the 208 volt bus bar circuit. An arc flash occurred during the testing. One employee suffered burns to the face, neck, and hands. Another employee suffered burns to his arm.
An employee was watching as a technician worked with a machine. The machine's parts were manually moved while the employee's hand was inside the machine, and his fingertip was amputated. The incident took place during a training activity.
On October 14, 2025, an employee was on a step platform showing another employee the support bracket for a blow pin assembly on a blow molding machine that needed repaired. The blow pin assembly came up and pinched the injured employee's right middle finger, resulting in a broken finger and a laceration to the top of the hand.
On August 22, 2025, an employee was helping to move a 700-pound compressor cylinder cap head into position to slide down the bolt holes onto the bottom half of the cylinder. When a bolt hole aligned, his left index fingertip was caught in it. The cap came down and amputated the fingertip.
A maintenance employee was working on a conveyor when his thumb was caught in the chain/sprocket area causing an amputation to the thumb tip. The machine was running at the time of the incident.
On March 20, 2025, at approximately 11:02 AM, an employee was shrink wrapping a pallet when he lost his balance and fell to ground. The employee sustained a hip and leg injury that required hospitalization and surgery.
An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.
An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.
An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.
An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.