Slip, trip, stumble while stepping between levels · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Sealed Air Corp., 1301 West Magnolia, IOWA PARK, TEXAS 76367
on — Fractures , affecting the Lower leg(s).
Final narrative
At about 11:00 a.m. on August 17, 2025, a Sealer Air Corp. employee suffered a broken right tibia while stepping down from a conveyor to the floor 19 inches below.
While walking down an aisle in the warehouse, an employee was struck by a forklift and subsequently fell. The employee sustained fractures to the right hip and left ankle.
An employee was trying to release materials caught in the knife area at the end of the flexible bagging machine when the guillotine knife blade amputated the first joint of the left index finger.
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An employee was dropping customers off with a shuttle. He stepped out of the shuttle and his foot entered a pothole, causing him to twist his ankle and then fall to the ground. The employee sustained multiple dislocations to the ankle requiring surgery.
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