WESTROCK CP, LLC

An employee was quality checking a cutting device on a paper machine. As he went to manually rotate the flat outer surface of the band motor, his right index finger contacted the cutting side of one of the blades, resulting in a fingertip amputation. The machine blades were guarded at the time.

While conducting maintenance, an employee was feeding wire into a baler machine. As the employee was guiding the wire, the machine started; it broke and lacerated the employee's left arm.

An employee was threading a paper winder. When the paper curled, the employee tried to straighten the paper and contacted the paper slitter, resulting in a partial amputation to their right index fingertip.

Employee 1 was replacing a bucket (480-volt breaker) while Employee 2 was observing from outside the arc flash boundary (36"). Employee 1 completed the work and was closing the door when an arc flash occurred. Employee 2 sustained first degree burns on the forehead and cheek and first and second degree burns to the hand. Employee 2 was hospitalized. Employee 1 was not injured.

An employee was loading a paper roll onto a machine using a pneumatic powered dolly. The employee's hand was caught between a stationary roll of paper on the floor and the roll of paper they were moving. The employee suffered an avulsion to the hand and was hospitalized.

An employee was collecting trash when they were struck by a rolling utility trailer. The employee sustained a right ankle fracture.

An employee was unrigging steel when an 8-inch by 50-foot, 4,875-pound piece of steel rolled onto their left leg, resulting in a fracture.

An employee was connecting a dolly to a trailer. The equipment rolled away, causing the employee's left index finger to be crushed between the trailer and the dolly. The employee sustained amputation of the fingertip.

On October 17, 2023, at 9:55 p.m., an employee was working on a ramp while moving merchandise from a cargo loader to a dolly. The employee was putting the locks on the dolly and transferring a unit load device containing packages when she realized the lock was in the down position. As she attempted to fix the lock, the unit load device started moving toward the dolly, and the employee became wedged between the dolly and the device. The employee suffered an injury to her lower left leg.

Two employees were shaking out steel beams and standing them vertically. One beam was hit, causing the other beams to fall. A beam then rolled over an employee's left shin and fractured it. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee was stepping down from his truck when he slipped and fell, twisting his ankle. The employee's ankle was fractured and he was hospitalized.

An employee was working on a loading ramp that was stuck open (upright). The employee went under the ramp to release it. When he pulled on a chain that was holding the ramp open, the ramp came down rapidly, striking the right side of his face (cheek) and the right side of his neck. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was cutting off bracing from an 8 x 12' metal wall when the wall fell, striking the employee on their side and back. The employee sustained bruised ribs and two fractures in their back.

An employee was collecting trash on a residential garbage route. He became weak and unwell and was hospitalized, suffering from heat exhaustion.

A driver was climbing the rear trailer ladder to facilitate tarping when they lost balance, slipped, and fell approximately 6-8 feet to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured wrist.

An employee was checking a pole-type transformer tank for leaks. A hydraulic clamping device was lowered onto his right thumb and crushed it against the sharp edge of the bottom of the tank. He suffered a partial transphalangeal amputation to the thumb.

The injured employee was standing behind a table. She jumped out to scare another employee, but tripped and fell on the tile floor, injuring her right ankle/foot. She was hospitalized with a dislocated ankle that required surgery.

An employee was going into a trailer to mark product for shipment and the trailer pulled away from the dock. The employee fell out of the trailer, contacted the dock plate, and then fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a punctured lung, fractured ribs, and contusions.

An employee was hooking up bundled tie-downs with a chain. While he was holding a hook, the other hook was unlocked. This caused the employee's hook to slide down and pinch his right index finger between the chain and the shackle. He suffered an amputation to the fingertip (without bone loss), as well as an open fracture.

An employee was operating a gas tugger to lift metal sheeting. His left hand was pulled into the pulley, which crushed his left thumb, resulting in avulsions and other tissue damage. He was hospitalized and required surgery.