| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-26 | Cottonton | Al | Westrock Mahrt Mill, LLC | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was climbing down a ladder, slipped, and fell two feet to the ground, resulting in a fractured hip. | |||||
| 2020-07-20 | Cottonton | Alabama | WESTROCK COATED BOARD, LLC | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| A forklift operator had just placed a 3-high stack of bundled lumber on the ground. He then backed the forks out from underneath the bundles and exited the forklift. He used a pair of snips to cut the nylon banding off the top bundle. The top bundle moved and the bottom board fell to the ground. As the employee moved away from the stacked bundles, he tripped over the forks and fell to the concrete ground. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to the right ilium and femur. | |||||
| 2019-07-07 | Cottonton | Alabama | WESTROCK COATED BOARD, LLC | Hand(s) and wrist(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was assisting on a refiner in a paperboard mill. While his hand was in a drain, a valve was opened and hot water splashed onto and severely burned his right hand and wrist. | |||||
| 2019-06-09 | Cottonton | Alabama | Westrock (Cottonton, AL) | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was trying to remove paper at the infeed side of a paper machine's pull stack. The employee's fingers were caught in the paper rollers, causing amputations to the three middle fingers of the employee's left hand (at the first joint) and the right index finger. | |||||
| 2018-02-21 | Cottonton | Alabama | Westrock Mahrt Mill, LLC | Multiple trunk locations | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was closing a chain valve when part of the valve fell off and struck his head. He then fell down a set of stairs, lacerating his face, fracturing his C7 vertebra, and fracturing his ribs. | |||||
| 2017-05-10 | Cottonton | Alabama | Greenbush Logistics, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee was standing in his designated area while waiting for a powered industrial truck to load his truck. The powered industrial truck then struck the employee, crushing both of his feet. | |||||
| 2016-10-18 | Cottonton | Alabama | All Crane Rental Of Georgia, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was performing crane/hoist operations and was directed to shutdown operations and move the crane to another location. The employee was preparing to lock the boom for storage when the crane operator energized and activated the carriage boom, causing the boom pinhole to slide and pinch/amputate the employee's right thumb and right index finger. | |||||
| 2016-06-09 | Cottonton | Alabama | Westrock the Mahrt Mill | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was replacing some bolts in the "truck dump" machine when his right hand was caught between a chain and sprocket, amputating his index and middle fingers and fracturing his thumb. | |||||
| 2015-01-22 | Cottonton | Alabama | Mead Westvaco Cottonton Mill | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating an overhead hoist and got his finger caught in the hook. The tip of his finger was amputated. | |||||