# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Greif, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022032692` · 3/25/2022 · VAN WERT, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple face locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Paper production machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Greif, Inc.
- **Location:** 975 Glenn Street, VAN WERT, OHIO, 45891
- **NAICS:** 322219
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting the crimper action of a machine that made press paperboard cylindrical containers. As he passed a photo eye in an interlock gate area, the machine cycled and the indexing arm struck him on the head/face, crushing him against the chuck. He suffered a broken jaw, loss of teeth, and injuries to the back of the neck and head.

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