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OSHA Injury Report: UPM - Blandin Paper

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at UPM - Blandin Paper in 115 SW First Street, Grand Rapids, MN 55744 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was production trainee in groundwood paper, coated, made in paper mills.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
UPM - Blandin Paper
Parent company
UPM - Blandin Paper
Street
115 SW First Street
City
Grand Rapids
State
MN
ZIP
55744
On-site location
6 Line

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Before the incident

Cleaned paper spool on macton truck and leaned down to place hand on floor with squeegee in hand

What happened

with the squeegee in his hand he leaned down while ducking under the spool and cut his hand on the squeegee.

Injury or illness

laceration to the right hand.

Object or substance involved

sharp squeegee.

Summary line

cut to hand from metal squeegee

Employee and industry

Job description
Production trainee
SOC code
51-9199 — Production Workers, All Other
NAICS code
322121 — Groundwood paper, coated, made in paper mills
NAICS vintage
2017
Avg employees
229
Total hours worked
388536
EIN
410154230
Establishment ID
305985
Employer case #
2003583

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
5:15:00.000
Time of incident
11:30:00.000
Submitted
26FEB24:16:41:00

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Source

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