Brunswick Cellulose, LLC

An employee was on the dry end elevator of the pulp dryer, feeding a sheet of cellulose into the pull rolls when their fingers were pulled into the rolls. The employee's middle finger was amputated to the first joint and they suffered a left index finger avulsion.

An employee was unloading 50 percent caustic soda from a trailer. When he disconnected the 2.5-inch discharge hose, the product began to spray from the trailer's discharge piping and splashed inside his face shield, causing chemical burns to the side of his face, eyes, and lips.

An employee was climbing down the ladder of a scaffold when his hand slipped and he fell approximately 3 to 4 feet to the ground. The employee landed on his feet and sustained a broken left tibia.

An employee was performing maintenance on a paper machine inside the facility when he started to feel fatigue and sat down. Shortly thereafter, the employee became unresponsive and stopped breathing. He regained consciousness and was hospitalized for dehydration.

An employee was operating a machine when a wire pulled his right glove resulting in amputation of the index and middle fingertips.

An employee was grinding chicken when their right index fingertip was caught in the grinder and amputated.

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 passing through a large metal door when the door closed on the employee, resulting in a cracked rib.

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.

An employee was loading black liquor into a tanker truck using a swivel arm. The arm caught and pinched his right middle finger as it moved, resulting in a partial amputation to the first knuckle.

An employee was visually inspecting the drive line for a conveyor. There was an explosion in the conveyor, and the employee suffered second- and third-degree burns to both forearms.

An employee was driving forklift with a load when the forklift hit a guardrail and the employee fell to the ground, resulting in a broken elbow, broken shoulder, and lacerations.

An employee was putting a chain back on a sprocket. The gearbox and sprocket contained two drive chains connected to the lowerator (vertical conveyor) and counterweight assembly. The employee received an alarm indicating that one of the chains had gone slack. While the employee was putting the chain back on the drive sprocket with tongue and groove pliers, the weight of the chain and counterweight fell back in place on the sprocket, pulling the employee's left hand into a pinch point. The employee's ring fingertip was amputated up to the fingernail.

While troubleshooting equipment, an employee tripped on the turntable of the conveyor system and fell to the floor, fracturing their right femur.

An employee was helping to lift the grating from a floor draining system when the grating slipped and landed on his hand, resulting in the amputation of his right middle finger at the first joint.

A casting machine jammed. An employee's hand was caught in the machine, where a belt line caught and amputated the tip of his finger.

During a workshop meeting in a hotel, an employee heard a drilling noise, so he walked outside to see what it was. An explosion occurred (possible gas line) and his face, ear, and hair were burned. He also fell and sustained a pelvic fracture.

An employee slipped on condensation on a walkway in a parking garage. She fell and suffered a closed fracture to the neck of the left femur.

An employee was using a tool to remove a rag from a roll on the tube mill. The roll pulled the tool and the employee's right hand into the roll, resulting in a partial amputation of the little finger and a fracture to the index finger.