AUGUSTA, GEORGIA—
Graphic Packaging International, LLC
Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Graphic Packaging International, LLC, 4278 Mike Padgett Hwy, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA 30906 on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
Employees were replacing a damaged fabric felt on the paper machine. As the felt was being pulled into position using a new piece of threading rope, the rope broke, wrapped around both of the employee's knees, and the end of the rope struck the back of his right leg causing a deep laceration.
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An employee was troubleshooting cup transfer issues on a cup machine. The employee installed his company issued by-pass key, opened the machine's gull wings (guards), and began making air adjustments. The employee reached to remove a deformed cup and his middle and ring fingers got caught between a mandrel and the bottom maker die block resulting in amputations.
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On November 16, 2023, a maintenance employee was servicing a belt and pulley system on a blower motor. They were manually manipulating the belt and pulley when the glove on their left hand got caught in a nip point. Their little finger was pulled into the nip point resulting in amputation of the fingertip.
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An employee was using prybars to remove a diverter plate from a power boiler bark chute. The lower chute broke free and flipped over. As the employee reached out to try to stop the chute section from falling, his right index finger was pinched between the diverter plate and the bark chute. Their finger was amputated at the first knuckle.
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