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Dixie Converting Corporation

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Fractures — CARROLLTON, GEORGIA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Dixie Converting Corporation in CARROLLTON, GEORGIA
Employer Dixie Converting Corporation Report ID 2017056007
Address 889 Blandenburg Road City, State ZIP CARROLLTON, GEORGIA 30116
Event Date May 24, 2017 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Lower leg(s)
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
Secondary Source Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 322299 Inspection # 1248670
GPS Coordinates 33.54000, -85.04000

Incident Narrative

An employee was standing on the floor positioning a roll of paper onto a wrapping station. A forklift came up behind the employee and lowered the roll of paper towards him when his left leg was caught between the wrapping table and the roll of paper resulting in a fractured fibula.

Incident Summary

On May 24, 2017, a worker at Dixie Converting Corporation in CARROLLTON, GEORGIA suffered fractures to the lower leg(s). The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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