# Fractures and burns at Packaging Corporation of America
> OSHA SIR `2024010304` · 1/12/2024 · ASHLAND, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Paper production machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Packaging Corporation of America
- **Location:** 929 Faultless Drive, ASHLAND, OHIO, 44805
- **NAICS:** 322211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 12, 2024, an employee was splicing a new roll of paper into a preconditioner on a corrugated line when the paper broke and the their right hand was caught in a nip point, resulting in a burn to their hand and a fractured wrist.

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