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Plastipak Packaging, Inc.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation — Fractures — HEBRON, OHIO

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Plastipak Packaging, Inc. in HEBRON, OHIO
Employer Plastipak Packaging, Inc. Report ID 2020021152
Address 610 O'Neill Dr City, State ZIP HEBRON, OHIO 43025
Event Date February 4, 2020 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Arm(s), unspecified
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation Source of Injury Plastic injection molding machinery
Industry (NAICS) 326199 Inspection # 1462159
GPS Coordinates 39.97000, -82.47000

Incident Narrative

An employee was starting up a horizontal injection machine when the employee's right arm was caught by the park takeout area chute, resulting in an arm fracture.

Incident Summary

On February 4, 2020, a worker at Plastipak Packaging, Inc. in HEBRON, OHIO suffered fractures to the arm(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation, with plastic injection molding machinery identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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