Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL, 1101 Denton Road, PACIFIC, MISSOURI 63069
on — Fractures, affecting the nonclassifiable.
Final narrative
An employee was tagging a lower bundle when a bundle of cardboard weighing approximately 1,200 pounds fell from above and onto the employee who sustained multiple fractures and was hospitalized.
HospitalizedNonclassifiableBundles, bales
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