| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-17 | Evadale | Tx | WestRock Company | Eye(s) | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| An employee was cleaning a copy machine. While trying to open the filter compartment to finish the cleaning by rinsing with water, the pressure exerted on the lid caused a solution with possible traces of a sodium hypochlorite to spray into the employee's eyes, resulting in eye irritation that required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2018-08-31 | Evadale | Texas | WestRock | Forearm(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
| An employee was lifting a basket of wood chips with a chain saw that had two choker chains attached when a link in one of the choker chains broke, hitting and fracturing the employee's right forearm. | |||||
| 2018-06-05 | Evadale | Texas | Westrock | Multiple body parts | Explosion, n.e.c. |
| An employee was troubleshooting an atomic absorption analyzer when it exploded. The analyzer uses acetylene and nitrous oxide. The employee was admitted to the hospital with contusions to the left arm, legs and lower left abdomen. | |||||
| 2016-08-31 | Evadale | Texas | WD Chips, LLC | Brain | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was assisting two other employee to remove a cylinder from a log loader. The employee was using a pry bar to assist the other employees that were trying to remove a pin. Once the pin was removed, the cylinder slipped forward in the mud causing the pry bar to jerk backwards and strike the employee in the head just below his hard hat knocking him unconscious. The employee suffered from a concussion and a small brain bleed. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2016-01-15 | Evadale | Texas | Westrock | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was re-threading a paper machine. When he attempted to grab paper, his right hand was pulled in and amputated. | |||||
| 2015-08-04 | Evadale | Texas | Meadwestvaco Texas LP | Knee(s) | Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode |
| On August 4, 2015, at approximately 7:45 a.m., an employee was starting to descend from a crane. As he bent down to grab the hand rail, he flexed his knee and his knee popped. He then called for help to get down from the crane. | |||||