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OSHA Injury Report: Mill Operations : Missisquoi (RPB)

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Mill Operations : Missisquoi (RPB) in 369 Mill Street, Sheldon Springs, VT 05485 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was maintenance technician in paperboard Mills.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Mill Operations : Missisquoi (RPB)
Parent company
WestRock CP, LLC
Street
369 Mill Street
City
Sheldon Springs
State
VT
ZIP
05485
On-site location
New platform for 6 pulper conveyor

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

On [REDACTED] employee was welding a railing onto a platform and slag fell onto the concrete floor between the persons left knee and the concrete causing a burn on their knee On [REDACTED] the person knelt down to work on a sink and knelt on the spot of the burn from [REDACTED] This caused the employee immediate pain The persons knee continued to hurt and swell as the day progressed At [REDACTED] the persons left knee was twice its normal size and the employee went to the ER to get it checked out

What happened

On [REDACTED] employee was welding a railing onto a platform and slag fell onto the concrete floor between the persons left knee and the concrete causing a burn on their knee On [REDACTED] the person knelt down to work on a sink and knelt on the spot of the burn from [REDACTED] This caused the employee immediate pain The persons knee continued to hurt and swell as the day progressed At [REDACTED] the persons left knee was twice its normal size and the employee went to the ER to get it checked out

Injury or illness

Burn or Scald heat Knee Left Knee

Object or substance involved

Slag or sparks from welding

Summary line

On [REDACTED] employee was welding a railing onto a platform and slag fell onto the concrete floor between the persons left knee and the concrete causing a burn on their knee On 8723 the person knelt down to work on a sink and knelt on the spot of the bur

Employee and industry

Job description
Maintenance technician
SOC code
49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
NAICS code
322130 — Paperboard Mills
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
129
Total hours worked
317588
EIN
581271825
Establishment ID
745736
Employer case #
219

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
19:00:00.000
Time of incident
22:33:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
01MAR24:03:51:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.