JACKSON, ALABAMA—
Packaging Corporation of America
Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode · Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified
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Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Packaging Corporation of America, 4585 Industrial Road, JACKSON, ALABAMA 36545 on — Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
An employee was cleaning cake residue from an indirect contact cooler when he was exposed to 0.02 to 0.03 ppm of chlorine dioxide, aggravating his asthma.
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On October 20, 2023, an employee was clearing a jam when their hand contacted the labeler machine's infeed rollers causing amputations to multiple fingers.
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An employee was holding a single sheet down to gap the feed gate while the machine was running. When the roll grabbed the sheet, it pulled the employee's finger into the roll, resulting in amputation of the left little fingertip.
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