OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221424336

WESTROCK CP, LLC

STEVENSON, AL· 2021-12-26T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Finger, Fingertip, Machine operator, Paper Cutter, Paper Machine, Paperboard, Slitter, Struck Against
NAICS: 322130
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345708184
Employer profile: WESTROCK CP, LLC
Summary number: 221424336
Report ID: 0418300

Event description

Employee threading paper suffers amputation of fingertip

Investigation abstract

At 10:00 p.m. on December 26, 2021, an employee was working at a paperboard mill. He was threading paper into or through winder #2, a winding machine. The paper curled, and the employee attempted to straighten the paper. As he was attempting to straighten the paper, he came into contact with the winding machine's paper slitter. He suffered the amputation of the tip of his right index finger. He was treated without hospitalization.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 23 M

Event type
6

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