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OSHA Injury Report: Mill Operations : Battle Creek (RPB)

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Mill Operations : Battle Creek (RPB) in 177 Angell Street, Battle Creek, MI 49037 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was other in pAPERBOARD MILLS.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Mill Operations : Battle Creek (RPB)
Parent company
WESTROCK CP, LLC
Street
177 Angell Street
City
Battle Creek
State
MI
ZIP
49037
On-site location
Stock Prep

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
119

Before the incident

Two pipefitter EEs were working on repairing a lowdensity cleaner in the stock prep area One rod was hung up on the ceramic cone EE pushed the cone away from him in attempt to even out the cone When doing this the cone slipped and dropped pinching their finger between the cone and a metal bracket This resulted in a crush injury that caused a laceration to the tip of the EE left pinky finger EE was wearing [REDACTED] cut resistant level A6 puncture resistant 3 gloves at the time of the incident

What happened

Two pipefitter EEs were working on repairing a lowdensity cleaner in the stock prep area One rod was hung up on the ceramic cone EE pushed the cone away from him in attempt to even out the cone When doing this the cone slipped and dropped pinching their finger between the cone and a metal bracket This resulted in a crush injury that caused a laceration to the tip of the EE left pinky finger EE was wearing [REDACTED] cut resistant level A6 puncture resistant 3 gloves at the time of the incident

Injury or illness

Crushing injury Finger Left Little Finger

Object or substance involved

Ceramic cone

Summary line

Two pipefitter EEs were working on repairing a lowdensity cleaner in the stock prep area One rod was hung up on the ceramic cone EE pushed the cone away from him in attempt to even out the cone When doing this the cone slipped and dropped pinching their f

Employee and industry

Job description
Other
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
322130 — PAPERBOARD MILLS
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
136
Total hours worked
348236
EIN
581271825
Establishment ID
745730
Employer case #
244

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
12:18:00.000
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.