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Graham Packaging Company

Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury — STURTEVANT, WISCONSIN

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Graham Packaging Company in STURTEVANT, WISCONSIN
Employer Graham Packaging Company Report ID 2017032960
Address 7100 Durand Ave. Suite 100 City, State ZIP STURTEVANT, WISCONSIN 53177
Event Date March 31, 2017 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Body Part Eye(s)
Event Type Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. Source of Injury Scrap metal
Secondary Source Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
Industry (NAICS) 326160 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 42.70000, -87.87000

Incident Narrative

An employee was manually lifting individual pieces of scrap metal and throwing them into a metal bin when he was struck in the right eye by a metal rod that was ejected from the bin. He was wearing gloves and eye protection at the time.

Incident Summary

On March 31, 2017, a worker at Graham Packaging Company in STURTEVANT, WISCONSIN suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the eye(s). The incident was classified as struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c., with scrap metal identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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