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OSHA Injury Report: Mill Operations Covington VA PM

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Mill Operations Covington VA PM in 104 East Riverside Street, Covington, VA 24426 resulted in days away from work. Employee was maintenance technician in pAPERBOARD MILL.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Mill Operations Covington VA PM
Parent company
WESTROCK CP, LLC
Street
104 East Riverside Street
City
Covington
State
VA
ZIP
24426
On-site location
2 paper machine steps

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
15

Before the incident

Back strain from carrying bucket of tools down steps Details: EE was helping to replace a bearing on [REDACTED] after completing the job he was walking down the steps with 25 gallon bucket of tools and felt lightening pain in his back and weakness in his legs causing him to be unable to stand

What happened

Back strain from carrying bucket of tools down steps Details: EE was helping to replace a bearing on [REDACTED] after completing the job he was walking down the steps with 25 gallon bucket of tools and felt lightening pain in his back and weakness in his legs causing him to be unable to stand

Injury or illness

Strain tendons or muscles Back Lower Back

Object or substance involved

NA

Summary line

Strain (tendons or muscles) Back Lower Back N A Lowering lifting carrying

Employee and industry

Job description
Maintenance technician
SOC code
49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
NAICS code
322130 — PAPERBOARD MILL
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
894
Total hours worked
1859572
EIN
134077073
Establishment ID
1501732
Employer case #
1638

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:00
Time of incident
16:30
Filing year
2025
Submitted
24FEB26:15:59:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.