Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Crushing injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Westrock, 4594 Old Evadale Rd., SILSBEE, TEXAS 77656
on — Crushing injuries, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was threading a paper roll that was not moving. She went to the front of the roll to grab the tail. As she did so, her foot bumped the foot pedal and actuated the paper roll. The rolling mechanism then started up and her hand was caught in the middle and struck by the paper roll. Her left index, middle, and ring fingers were smashed, requiring surgery.
An employee was clearing the clean-up chain with a stick when he fell backward into the cut-off saw area. His arm struck against the saw, resulting in severe lacerations. The machine was unguarded at the time.
An employee was pumping overflowing process water when they stepped in an open hole containing hot process water, resulting in second-degree burns to their ankle.
An employee was transporting a trash hopper to a dumpster using a forklift. While emptying the trash hopper into the dumpster, the employee's right hand was on the dumpster latch and his left hand was on the base of the hopper. When the employee released the latch, the hopper tilted forward while the rear of the hopper lifted upward, compressing the employee's left little finger between the hopper and the dumpster. The employee suffered a partial traumatic transphalangeal amputation.
An employee was clearing a jam in a piece of equipment used to process paperboard scraps when their right hand contacted blades in the equipment, resulting in the amputation of two fingers.
An employee was operating a gluer machine. The employee's left hand was caught in the feed section of the machine, resulting in the amputation of the hand.
An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.
An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 322221)
At 12:45 a.m. on September 21, 2025, an employee was working to clear an obstruction in a machine when his left hand came into contact with a turning screw inside the machine. His index and middle fingers were amputated.
Two employees were changing out a mandrel on a coater converting machine when the injured employee's right index fingertip was pulled by the mandrel, resulting in a partial amputation.
On August 18, 2023, at 10:15 p.m., an employee was chucking a core when their left little finger got caught between the chuck and the core, resulting in amputation.
On August 10, 2023, at approximately 6:45 PM, a maintenance employee was replacing a cover on an electric motor when the motor assembly dropped to the floor, crushing the employee's right little finger and amputating the fingertip.
An employee was performing maintenance on a sheeter. He had pried up a steel access plate and was lifting it when it slipped and fell on his left middle finger. The finger was pinched against the floor, and part of the fingernail and fingertip was amputated.
After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.
An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.
An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.