PRINTPACK, INC.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning - Cuts, lacerations - GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas

HOSPITALIZED, Worker hospitalized after incident at PRINTPACK, INC. in GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas
Employer PRINTPACK, INC.
Address 2006 S. GREAT SOUTHWEST PKWY
City, State ZIP GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas 75050
Report ID 2022098336
Event Date September 21, 2022
Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Cuts, lacerations
Body Part Thigh(s)
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source of Injury Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
Industry (NAICS) 322223
GPS Coordinates 32.73869, -97.04601

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Incident Narrative

A pallet had been loaded onto a trolley to be picked up for wrapping, but a broken bottom board on the pallet was blocking an entry roller sensor, tripping it and preventing the trolley from moving. An employee removed the board and the trolley began to travel. Her left knee and thigh were lodged between the framing of the trolley and a stationary pallet insert line. She suffered a laceration to the back of the thigh.

Incident Summary

On September 21, 2022, a worker at PRINTPACK, INC. in GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas suffered cuts, lacerations to the thigh(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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