| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-15 | Carol Stream | Il | Pregis | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was trying to unjam paper in a machine. The employee's right index finger was caught by a roller and injured. | |||||
| 2021-11-12 | Hillsborough | Nj | Sodexo | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee slipped on a paper plate while working at a high school cafeteria and fell, resulting in a broken left femur. | |||||
| 2021-11-11 | Menasha | Wi | Sonoco (SPG) Incorporated | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was inspecting paper for defects while standing on the end of a roll of paper in a machine. The machine was jogged and pulled the paper out from under the employee's feet. The employee fell to the floor, suffering a possible hip fracture. | |||||
| 2021-11-11 | Columbus | Ks | CALIBRATED FORMS | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was clearing a paper jam in a printing press. The press caught his left hand and amputated the tufts of the index and middle fingers. | |||||
| 2021-11-10 | Montgomery | Al | Premier Tech | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning a rotator shaft with sandpaper. The employee's gloves got caught in the rotating shaft, pulling his right hand into the machine. Two of the employee's fingers were amputated, and two were reattached. | |||||
| 2021-11-10 | Englewood | Fl | Grande Aire Services, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Fall through surface or existing opening |
| An employee was moving objects across a roof when they fell through a hole that was covered by peel paper, resulting in broken ribs and other broken bones. | |||||
| 2021-11-09 | Burlington | Nj | South Coast Paper North East | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was clearing paper from underneath a sheeting machine when their hand was caught by the machine's belt and pulled into the machine, resulting in amputation of the ring finger and a partial amputation of the middle finger. | |||||
| 2021-11-09 | Arlington | Tx | Mittera Group | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was trying to remove paper from the rollers of a printing press. The rollers caught his hand, crushing and smashing it. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-11-07 | Largo | Fl | Autozone Inc. | Scalp | Fall on same level |
| An employee was standing while doing paperwork when he fell backward and hit the back of his head on a tiled floor, resulting in a laceration to the back of his head. | |||||
| 2021-11-05 | Lancaster | Pa | Arconic Lancaster Corp. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was feeding interleave paper into the start of a coil on a slitter machine when their hand was pinched between the hold down and arbors. The employee's right hand was drawn into the in-running nip point, resulting in avulsions to their right thumb and index finger, for which the employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-10-26 | Beatrice | Ne | Beatrice Community Hospital and Health Center | Upper arm(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was reaching for paper towels while cleaning up when her left foot caught on a box and she fell to floor, landing on right arm and shoulder. The employee suffered a fracture of the right humerus bone. | |||||
| 2021-10-25 | Scarborough | Me | NEPW Logistics - Portland | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was inspecting a paper roll on a paper rewinder machine when two of their right-hand fingers got caught in the roll, resulting in surgical amputation of the fingertips. | |||||
| 2021-10-25 | Atlanta | Ga | EL MILAGRO DE ATLANTA | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was pulling jammed paper from a wrapping machine when the paper slipped and his left little finger went under the cutting jaws, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2021-10-23 | Churchville | Ny | American Packaging Corporation | Lower leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was in a warehouse, picking up a horizontal roll of paper (weighing 2,000-3,000 pounds) using a forklift. The roll fell from the forklift's clamp and began moving toward a wall. The employee dismounted the forklift and was struck by the roll on the front of the left leg. The leg was broken below the knee and above the ankle. | |||||
| 2021-10-20 | Cochranton | Pa | Miller Printing and Publishing, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was loading paper into a folder unit when the internal blades amputated multiple fingertips. | |||||
| 2021-10-20 | Buffalo | Ny | Quality Bindery Services Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck against object or equipment |
| An employee was wiping off a paper cutter blade when they suffered a fingertip amputation without bone loss. | |||||
| 2021-10-17 | Mcpherson | Ks | Johns Manville | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning a roller. As he tried to cut a paper inside it, his right arm was caught in the conveyor belt and broken. | |||||
| 2021-10-13 | Ocala | Fl | Skyline Champion Corp. | Jaw, chin | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was moving drywall tools from one house into another. The employee slipped on peel-and-stick backing paper from window tape; he fell and his jaw struck the edge of a counter. He suffered a broken jaw and a chin laceration. | |||||
| 2021-09-28 | Mayville | Wi | Tab Products Co LLC | Thigh(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| On September 28, 2021, at approximately 5:30 a.m., an employee separated two paper rolls and began feeding the first paper roll into a die cutting press used to fabricate file folders. Each roll weighs approximately 900 pounds. The second roll tipped over and struck the employee's left leg, resulting in a fractured femur. | |||||
| 2021-09-23 | Lake City | Fl | Champion Home Builders, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was rolling out underlayment paper on the roof of a mobile home when he fell to the ground. The employee broke both ankles and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-09-22 | Loop | Tx | Cooper Natural Resources | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using emery (sandpaper) to shine a steel shaft on a rotating lathe. A glove on the employee's right hand got caught on the sandpaper and the employee's arm became wrapped around the lathe. The employee sustained two fractures to the right forearm. | |||||
| 2021-09-21 | Beachwood | Oh | Lakeshore Equipment Company | Fingertip(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
| An employee was adjusting paper on a door. Her finger was caught in the door's hydraulic closer, which amputated the fingertip. | |||||
| 2021-09-20 | Columbus | Oh | Sterling Paper Company | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was pulling cartons of paper product from a skid located on the ground when a second skid of cartons fell and struck the employee on the right side of his chest, knocking him to the floor and resulting in a chest injury. | |||||
| 2021-09-17 | Fort Worth | Tx | Westrock | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was clearing a jam in a piece of equipment used to process paperboard scraps when their right hand contacted blades in the equipment, resulting in the amputation of two fingers. | |||||
| 2021-09-17 | Bloomsburg | Pa | Mailing Services of Pittsburgh | Leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was trying to remove a 1,000-pound roll of paper from a pallet. The pallet broke and the roll turned sideways, fell on her right leg, and broke it. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-09-13 | Moonachie | Nj | 4 Over International, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee was troubleshooting a paper feeding issue with a printing press. He lost his balance, and while trying to catch himself from falling, he grabbed the power transmission belt. The employee was hospitalized, and three of his fingertips were amputated. | |||||
| 2021-09-03 | Irvine | Pa | Ellwood National Forge | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was polishing a 3/4" x 13 1/4" steel shaft in a lathe using emery paper. The emery paper got caught around the workpiece and the employee's right ring finger was amputated. | |||||
| 2021-08-28 | Saint Francisville | La | Hood Container of Louisiana, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was troubleshooting a bander. As he was trying to move a folded piece of paper in the bander, the strap head caught his left middle finger, causing an amputation. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-08-26 | Wheeling | Il | The Segerdahl Corporation dba SG360 | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was webbing paper through the glue unit of a printing press. The employee's hand was pulled between two rollers and crushed. | |||||
| 2021-08-25 | Brownville | Ny | Neenah Northeast, LLC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was unjamming a roller from a paper machine. The employee pushed on the roller to remove a roll of splice tape that was preventing it from ejecting and caught his right ring finger between the roller shaft and the machine frame. He suffered a crushed fingertip, which was medically amputated. | |||||
| 2021-08-06 | Denton | Tx | Tetra Pak Materials LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| At about 12:45 a.m. on August 6, 2021, an employee was trying to dislodge paper stuck inside a rotating valve on a bagger. The blade in the valve was activated, rotated, and amputated the employee's right index and middle fingers. | |||||
| 2021-07-31 | Watertown | Ny | Johnson Newspaper Corporation | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was feeding paper into a folder mechanism on a press and adjusting the tension in preparation for the evening press run. The employee's left little finger got caught in the rollers. As the employee attempted to pull their left hand out, their right hand was caught in the roller resulting in an amputation injury. | |||||
| 2021-07-26 | Joplin | Mo | AJM PACKAGING CORPORATION | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was clearing a jam on a paper plate machine when they contacted the machine's blade, resulting in amputation of four fingers on the left hand. | |||||
| 2021-07-23 | Kaukauna | Wi | Ahlstrom-Munksjo | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening |
| An employee was wrapping finished rolls of paper when their right leg became caught in a gap between the platform and the wrap machine's roller, resulting in fractures to their lower right leg and ankle. | |||||
| 2021-07-18 | South Portland | Me | MTM Acquisitions, Inc. | Upper and lower limb(s) | Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle |
| An employee was delivering a newspaper. The employee's car started rolling and the employee was run over by the car as he tried to stop it. The employee sustained a broken clavicle and a fractured left ankle. | |||||
| 2021-07-08 | Clearwater | Fl | Walmart Supercenter | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using a paper cutter and amputated the tip of their left thumb. | |||||
| 2021-06-29 | Kiel | Wi | H.G. Weber and Company, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On June 28, 2021, at approximately 1:00 PM, an employee was adjusting the timing and speed of the bundler and transport modules on a paper bag manufacturing machine. A stack of 25 paper bags became misaligned as it went onto the transport module. The employee was adjusting the stack when his right thumb was caught in the point of operation between the bundler and transport modules resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2021-06-28 | Swedesboro | Nj | Thomas Foods International | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was servicing a box machine. While wiping the gears with a paper towel, the employee was caught by the machine, resulting in partial amputations to their left middle and index fingers. | |||||
| 2021-06-25 | Oklahoma City | Ok | Pratt Industries, LLC | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was loading paper product into a box folding machine when the conveyor system pulled his right hand into the machine, resulting in a laceration on his finger and a broken hand. | |||||
| 2021-06-04 | Florence | Al | Thacker Casket Manufacturing, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was changing out floor paper under a chain conveyor inside a topcoat cure oven. His left middle finger was pulled into a pinch point between the conveyor's chain and a gear. The skin of the fingertip was degloved, and the fingertip was medically amputated at the first joint. | |||||
| 2021-06-01 | Vails Gate | Ny | Spinnaker Holding Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Overexertion in catching-single episode |
| An employee was using a doffing cart to move a roll of paper over to a conveyor. The roll hit the edge of the roll plate, causing it to tip over; the employee suffered a back sprain while stopping it from falling. | |||||
| 2021-05-30 | Pine Bluff | Ar | Evergreen Packaging | Pelvis | Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle |
| Four employees were pushing a roll of paper on the paper machine winder deck to clear a conveyor for two defective rolls. They lost control of the roll and it struck one employee resulting in a fractured pelvis that required surgery. | |||||
| 2021-05-28 | Norfolk | Va | Naval Station Norfolk | Brain | Fall while sitting |
| An employee was sitting in a rolling chair in the security office and bent over to pick up a piece of dropped paper. As she bent over, the chair rolled out from underneath her, causing her to fall and hit her head on her desk. She was hospitalized for a concussion. | |||||
| 2021-05-12 | Beaver Dam | Wi | Paper Dimensions LLC | Leg(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker |
| An employee was moving a roll of paper (approx. 72 inches in diameter and weighing 400 lbs.) it rolled onto the employee's left leg and fractured it. | |||||
| 2021-05-11 | Providence | Ri | Roger Williams Medical Center | Upper arm(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was working in a filing room, tripped over a box of copy paper and fell into a filing cabinet injuring her left upper arm. | |||||
| 2021-05-09 | Inola | Ok | Sofidel America Corp. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was clearing a paper wrap in the upper embosser roller and lower pressure roll on the rewinder section of a line. The machine was jogged and the employee's left hand was caught in the point of operation. The employee suffered amputations to the ring and middle fingertips, losing skin, the middle fingernail, and the fingertip pads. There was no bone loss. | |||||
| 2021-05-04 | Houston | Tx | International Cellulose Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| Two employees were loading paper material onto a conveyor belt. One of them used a portable handsaw to cut the paper material before it was placed on the conveyor. The other employee then took the saw to return it to storage. The blade, still turning, lacerated fingers on his right hand and caused a partial amputation to the right ring finger. | |||||
| 2021-04-16 | Lewistown | Pa | Nittany Paper Mills Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was re-threading a paper converting machine at the embossing roller area. Their left hand became caught between the steel embossing roller and a rubber roller. The employee's left index finger was amputated. | |||||
| 2021-04-16 | Hastings | Ne | GIBRALTAR PACKAGING INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was trying to unjam waste paper in a paper slitter. The slicer blade amputated the employee's right index fingertip. | |||||
| 2021-03-31 | Ogden | Ut | Internal Revenue Service (IRS) | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee was attempting to remove a jammed piece of paper from the copier when they lost balance and fell to the floor. The employee sustained a dislocated right shoulder and a broken right hip. | |||||
| 2021-03-22 | Royal Palm Beach | Fl | ALDI (FLORIDA) L.L.C. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was operating a stand-alone pallet tugger. The tugger ran into a pallet of toiler paper, and a piece of cardboard in the way cut her right thumb severely. | |||||
| 2021-03-06 | Menasha | Wi | Essity | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was on a catwalk, cleaning the shower on a paper machine. As he was using a wrench to rotate the shower shaft with his right hand, the indicator came around and caught the tip of his left index finger, causing a partial amputation to the finger pad. | |||||
| 2021-02-25 | Fairfield | Al | Ranger Environmental, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
| An employee was picking up a paper towel from the floor near a two-phase electrical heater. Loose wiring on the heater and stand shocked the employee's left ring and index fingers. | |||||
| 2021-02-24 | Mount Pleasant | Wi | Seda North America Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was clearing a paper jam. The employee's thumb was pulled into the machine rollers and crushed, undergoing a partial amputation. | |||||
| 2021-02-20 | Saint Petersburg | Fl | Bayside Roofing Professionals, inc. | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee was getting ready to install tar paper on a one-story residential roof when the employee slid off of the roof. The employee was hospitalized for a fractured ankle. | |||||
| 2021-01-29 | Lemont | Il | Frozen Food Express, LLC | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee was bent over looking at paperwork when the employee was struck from behind by a forklift. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured leg. | |||||
| 2021-01-18 | Pennsauken | Nj | H&P Construction | Foot (feet) and ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was on a 15-foot ladder, removing wall paper. The employee fell through the ladder rungs and landed on the floor, suffering two broken heels and a broken left ankle. | |||||
| 2021-01-12 | Dallas | Tx | GC Packaging | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was fixing a misaligned piece of paper in a blister packing machine when the machine caught her right middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2021-01-09 | Westbrook | Me | SAPPI, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was trying to remove the cardboard core from a roll of paper using another core. The core he was using smashed his finger, leading to a possible amputation. | |||||
| 2021-01-06 | Newnan | Ga | Gregory Packaging, Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was making final adjustments to a box top paper machine after doing maintenance on the machine. Moving parts in the machine crushed the employee's left little finger. The finger was medically amputated. | |||||
| 2020-10-20 | Omaha | Ne | OUTLOOK NEBRASKA INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was feeding paper into a paper core machine when their finger got caught on a belt. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2020-10-14 | Stafford | Tx | Fiserv | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was clearing a clog in a paper shredding vacuum. The shredding blade moved and cut the employee's right middle finger, causing a partial amputation. | |||||
| 2020-10-13 | La Crosse | Wi | La Crosse Graphics, Inc. | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was using a rag to wipe pieces of paper from the press rollers. The rag got pulled into the rollers and pulled the employee's arm into the nip point. Their right arm was degloved from the elbow down. | |||||
| 2020-10-04 | Cornell | Wi | MULE HIDE MANUFACTURING CO., INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On October 4, 2020, an employee was working at the dryer section of a machine. While feeding felt paper into the reel of the machine, the employee's left hand became caught between the mandrel and the seal, resulting in fractures to the index and middle fingers. | |||||
| 2020-09-26 | Ponte Vedra | Fl | Jaguar Drywall of Ponte Vedra Beach Inc | Upper and lower limb(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was on a 24-foot extension ladder doing touch up work on cornerbead at a window. The ladder slipped on paper that was protecting the floor and the employee fell. The employee sustained a broken femur and arm. | |||||
| 2020-09-25 | West Monroe | La | Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was completing a quality check at the coating section of the paper machine. As the employee was clearing a coating buildup from the applicator roll, the employee's left hand was caught in a nip point between the applicator roll and coater roll and crushed. | |||||
| 2020-09-12 | Lancaster | Pa | LSC Communications US, LLC | Lower leg(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet |
| Two employees were loading a roll of paper into a printing press. The decking moved forward as part of the process, and an employee slipped and fell into the resulting opening. The employee suffered a broken tibia. | |||||
| 2020-09-10 | Wakefield | Ma | Westrock CP, LLC | Hand(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was loading a paper roll onto a machine using a pneumatic powered dolly. The employee's hand was caught between a stationary roll of paper on the floor and the roll of paper they were moving. The employee suffered an avulsion to the hand and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-09-02 | Folkston | Ga | AJM Packaging Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was feeding paper into the plate machine when his left index finger was caught in a pinch point and the fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2020-08-20 | South Plainfield | Nj | Ronpak, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was removing paper from a paper bag machine. The gears in the bundler amputated the employee's right index finger at the knuckle. | |||||
| 2020-08-15 | North Kansas City | Mo | Maverick Converting | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was rolling a trim roll of paper when it hit the side of a packaging machine and tipped over. The roll landed on the employee's foot and amputated two toes. | |||||
| 2020-08-05 | Buena | Nj | Comar, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was wiping grease off a machine with a paper towel. The towel got caught in the machine, pulling his hand in and partially amputating his right ring finger. | |||||
| 2020-07-28 | Stephenville | Texas | SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIVES, Inc. | Upper arm(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was carrying a 36-inch by 60-inch sheet of paper and stepped on the paper which caused him to trip and fall. The employee braced his fall with his elbow and sustained a fracture to the left humerus. | |||||
| 2020-07-16 | Tulsa | Oklahoma | YRC Inc. | Pelvis | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
| A YRC driver was standing in front of a freight dock waiting for paper work. The driver was struck from behind by a trailer that was backing into the dock. The driver felt the impact in their hip/back area and immediately turned to the left and fell to the ground. The injured driver was hospitalized with a possible fractured pelvis. | |||||
| 2020-07-09 | Milford | Delaware | Baltimore Aircoil Company | Scalp | Struck against stationary object or equipment while rising |
| An employee was staging sheet metal for manufacturing. The employee bent down to pick up a sheet of paper from the floor. When he stood up, his head struck a piece of sheet metal in a storage rack, and the metal lacerated his scalp. | |||||
| 2020-07-05 | Springfield | Ohio | Klosterman Baking Company, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee feeding paper into a single slice doughboy machine made contact with the heated knife that cuts the paper. The employee sustained amputation of the left ring fingertip. | |||||
| 2020-06-21 | Palatka | Florida | Georgia Pacific Consumer Operations, LLC | Forearm(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
| An employee was cleaning up scraps of paper and tossing them over a wall when a slab of paper struck and fractured his left forearm. | |||||
| 2020-06-19 | Deerfield Beach | Florida | Sun Sentinel | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was attempting to repair a newspaper machine when he lost his balance while standing on a roll of newspapers. He fell and fractured his ribs, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2020-06-07 | South Glens Falls | New York | Essity Professional Hygiene North America | Upper extremities | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was removing a slab from a paper roll (to address two breaks that had happened near each other on the paper machine rewinder). The employee was tucking the paper back into the infeed between the bed roll and the finished roll when the nip point pulled the employee's arm in, about to the elbow. The employee suffered soft tissue damage. | |||||
| 2020-06-04 | Halltown | West Virgini | Ox Paperboard LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was trying to remove a piece of paper stuck in a machine. The machine crushed three fingers on the employee's right hand. | |||||
| 2020-05-29 | Pine Bluff | Arkansas | Evergreen Packaging, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was working at a paper winder. He taped the paper to the core and it began to tear. While he was trying to grab the tail of the paper, the winder grabbed his right-hand fingers and pulled his hand in. He suffered fractures to his middle and ring fingers. | |||||
| 2020-05-27 | Halltown | West Virgini | Ox Paperboard LLC | Leg(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| After cutting paper from a roll on a rewinder, an employee tried to pull the paper out from underneath the spool. The spool came loose and pinned the employee's leg against a cart behind him, breaking the leg. | |||||
| 2020-05-24 | Mansfield | Louisiana | INTERNATIONAL PAPER | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was working at a paper machine. As he was checking a label on a roll of paper, his foot was pulled into the conveyor. He suffered a broken toe and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-05-15 | Watertown | New York | Knowlton Technologies, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was working at a paper machine winder, cutting plastic and using a razor. The winder caught his right index finger, causing an amputation above the knuckle. | |||||
| 2020-05-13 | Oshkosh | Wisconsin | EDCI | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee fell from the top of a stack of paper rolls, landing 11 feet below and breaking his right hip in three places. | |||||
| 2020-05-08 | Grapevine | Texas | Baylor Scott & White Health | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using a paper cutter. The cutter came down on the employee's left thumb, amputating the tip. | |||||
| 2020-05-07 | Pine Bluff | Arkansas | Twin Rivers Paper Company | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was changing out a paper roll set on a winder. The core chucks were being retracted, and he was clearing a piece of paper from them when the tip of his left index finger was caught in the wedge hole. As the chuck retracted into the outer cylinder, about a centimeter of the fingertip was sheared off. | |||||
| 2020-05-05 | Greenwich | New York | Hollingsworth and Vose Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was performing preventative maintenance on a paper machine's hood exhaust fan. The employee was trying to remove a belt when their right middle and ring fingers were pinched and lacerated between the exhaust fan belt and sheave. The employee sustained an amputation to the fourth finger on the right hand. | |||||
| 2020-05-04 | Melbourne | Florida | J A Garrido Inc | Wrist(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee's truck broke down while he was on a dirt pit site. A mechanic on site put the truck on a low boy to transport it back to the company's physical location. While the truck was on the low boy, the employee entered the truck to retrieve paperwork, slipped, and fell off the low boy onto the ground and landed on his left arm and wrist. His left wrist was fractured. | |||||
| 2020-04-24 | Aurora | Illinois | Shorr Packaging Corp. | Foot (feet) | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
| An employee was working near a dock operating a forklift. He was reaching for paperwork when he lost control of his forklift and it struck the dock, injuring his foot. | |||||
| 2020-04-22 | Amarillo | Texas | INTERNATIONAL PAPER | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was attempting to climb into a railcar when he slipped and fell, hitting his face on a roll of paper and injuring his neck. | |||||
| 2020-04-20 | Hamilton | Ohio | Millwood, Inc. | Knee(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee was walking from a trailer to an office with paperwork when the employee's knee gave out. The employee fell onto the concrete ground and broke the kneecap. | |||||
| 2020-04-15 | Chicago Heights | Illinois | FRAMARX/WAXSTAR | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was dislodging a paper core that had fallen into a slitter rewinder machine. The employee's right index finger was caught by a belt driven pulley and sustained an amputation. | |||||
| 2020-04-06 | Fulton | New York | Huhtamaki | Thigh(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| A bundle of paper rolls fell off a rack as it was being lifted by a forklift. It rolled into an employee who was adjusting a slitting machine, pinning him against the machine and breaking his right femur. | |||||
| 2020-04-06 | Hummelstown | Pennsylvania | Keystone Human Services | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall while sitting |
| An employee had been packing up some belongings. The employee started picking up papers from the floor while sitting in an office chair. The employee lost their balance and fell to the floor. After being helped back up, the employee proceeded to their car, but fell in the parking lot. The employee sustained a hematoma on the back of the head and may have a broken bone in their neck. | |||||
| 2020-03-17 | Chillicothe | Ohio | Pixelle Specialty Solutions | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was working on the paper machine winder. While moving a large roll of paper on the cradle, the employee's right index finger was caught and amputated between two rolls of paper. | |||||
| 2020-03-06 | Omaha | Nebraska | Fiserv Inc | Leg(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was transporting a pallet containing two paper rolls (weighing about 900-1,000 pounds each) using a standup rider pallet jack. The pallet jack collided with another pallet, causing the rolls to shift. One struck his leg, breaking it. | |||||
| 2020-03-03 | Dublin | Georgia | WestRock Company | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was priming the seal water pumps for a paper machine. The employee removed a cap and was struck by discharging hot water, suffering first- and second-degree burns to the arms and back. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-03-02 | Hialeah | Florida | MED Builders Corp | Head and trunk | Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet |
| An employee was applying sealer on roofing paper. The employee stepped backward and fell through a skylight opening, landing about 18 feet below and suffering a cerebral hemorrhage, broken bones, and a lacerated liver and spleen. | |||||
| 2020-02-26 | Jacksonville | Illinois | UGL REALTY PA CORP. | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
| At approximately 2:00 p.m., an employee working in the warehouse bent over to pick a piece of paper off the floor. At that time, a forklift was backing off from a trailer. As the forklift turned to the right, it made contact with the employee. The employee sustained foot fractures and was hospitalized. | |||||