Quad Packaging, Inc.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning - Fractures - OMAHA, Nebraska

HOSPITALIZED, Worker hospitalized after incident at Quad Packaging, Inc. in OMAHA, Nebraska
Employer Quad Packaging, Inc.
Address 4200 S. 121st Plaza
City, State ZIP OMAHA, Nebraska 68137
Report ID 2016099238
Event Date September 23, 2016
Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures
Body Part Hand(s), except finger(s)
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source of Injury Banding, baling, strapping machinery
Industry (NAICS) 322212
GPS Coordinates 41.24575, -96.10205

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Incident Narrative

An employee was working with a coworker to clear some scrap paper that was blocking a sensor on the baler and preventing the baler door from closing. The door could only be raised or lowered using the manual controls. While the employee was clearing the scrap paper from the sensor, his coworker activated the controls to lower the door. The door closed on his left hand, causing multiple metacarpal fractures and lacerations.

Incident Summary

On September 23, 2016, a worker at Quad Packaging, Inc. in OMAHA, Nebraska suffered fractures to the hand(s), except finger(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with banding, baling, strapping machinery identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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