# Crushing injuries at Graphic Packaging International Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020099118` · 9/25/2020 · WEST MONROE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Coaters-paper production
## Employer
- **Name:** Graphic Packaging International Inc.
- **Location:** 1000 Jonesboro Rd, WEST MONROE, LOUISIANA, 71292
- **NAICS:** 322212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was completing a quality check at the coating section of the paper machine. As the employee was clearing a coating buildup from the applicator roll, the employee's left hand was caught in a nip point between the applicator roll and coater roll and crushed.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*