Twin Rivers Paper Company

An employee was changing out a paper roll set on a winder. The core chucks were being retracted, and he was clearing a piece of paper from them when the tip of his left index finger was caught in the wedge hole. As the chuck retracted into the outer cylinder, about a centimeter of the fingertip was sheared off.

An employee operating a 30-ton mobile crane was backing out down a hill when the brakes felt like they were not working, so the employee opened the door and exited the crane. He jumped approximately 6 feet and fell on his right leg at an odd angle, breaking it.

On or about 03/27/2015, an employee was hospitalized with injuries sustained from getting caught between a brake and reel while pushing an empty paper spool.

Employee was pulling shavings on a winder at the trim chute and contacted the trim slitter suffering an angled cut to the nail bed and tip of the right index finger.

On November 27, 2023, an employee was emptying a 2-inch product line that transports sodium hydroxide liquid from a rail car to a 275-gallon tote tank. The nozzle came out of the tote and sprayed sodium hydroxide onto the employee's face. The employee was hospitalized with chemical burns to their face, mouth, and neck.

An employee was working with sulfuric acid as part of the production process. While transferring the chemical from a large container to a smaller container, it splashed on his body and hand, resulting in a chemical burn.

An employee knelt in wet concrete while performing work as a concrete finisher and sustained a chemical burn to the right shin. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee was using a 5-gallon bucket to unload acid product from a tank. Residual product leaked into the containment area, causing the employee to sustain first- and second-degree burns to the chest, as well as third-degree burns to the arms.

An employee was transferring an alkaline cleaning chemical from a bulk container into 1-gallon containers. The employee lifted a gallon container by its label tag. The tag broke causing the container to fall approximately 14-18 inches. The container struck the ground and the contents splashed onto the employee causing chemical burns to their eyes.

An employee was removing cutting plate dies from a machine when they sustained a fingertip amputation.

An employee was trying to unclog a paper jam in a machine. The machine, which was running at the time, caused an amputation to the employee's right index finger.

An employee was unjamming a paper machine when their right middle finger contacted the machine die, resulting in a partial amputation to the fingertip.

An employee was removing a paper jam from a machine when their right hand became caught in the die. Three fingers were amputated.

An employee was clearing a jam in a machine when the tip of their little finger was caught on a wheel, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

A crew was installing drilled micropiles alongside an outdoor covered deck foundation. The injured employee was working the front of the drill when a loose section of casing dropped onto the tip of a rig wrench and pulled the wrench down to an embedded casing. The employee's left little finger was caught between the rig wrench and the embedded casing and was amputated above the top knuckle.

Two employees were working to change a tire on a mobile slasher saw. The slasher weighs around 2,000 pounds and is towed. Employee 2 was lifting the saw while the injured employee was placing a block of wood under the frame for support. The slasher then lowered onto the block and the injured employee's left thumb was crushed between the slasher frame and the wood block, leading to an amputation at the first knuckle.

An employee was using a metal shear when it amputated the tip of his right index finger.

An employee was using a crane to move a 44-foot, 3,343-pound I-beam. As the beam was moving west, it straightened out (north to south), beginning to swing south toward the northwest corner of a building. The crane then sent the beam southward, directly toward the corner of the building. The beam caught the tips of the employee's left index, middle, and ring fingers against the building. The last joints of the middle and ring fingers were amputated, and the last joint of the index finger was partially crushed.

An employee was standing on a step stool, removing the nuts and bolts from the frame of a solar panel that was being replaced. The employee's cheek made contact with a connector with damaged insulation. The employee was shocked, briefly lost consciousness, and fell to the ground, suffering an injury to the left shoulder.