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OSHA Injury Report: Arauco Panels USA, LLC

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Arauco Panels USA, LLC in Moncure, NC 27559 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was maintenance Technician in fiberboard manufacturing.

Establishment
Arauco Panels USA, LLC
Parent company
Arauco
Street
985 Corinth Road
City
Moncure
State
NC
ZIP
27559
On-site location
Press Outfeed - Star Cooler
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
180

A job was assigned during a scheduled down day to straighten out rows of wickets in the star cooler. The task includes using a small come along putting a piece of pipe into the end of the wicket then pushing pulling on it to get the bend out.

A couple hours in an involved mechanic experienced right shoulder discomfort. He wanted to see if the discomfort would get better over the next few days. The discomfort continued so he requested a medical evaluation a week after the injury.

Shoulder discomfort (right)

Pipe

Shoulder discomfort from pushing wickets upward and downward with pipe.

Job description
Maintenance Technician
SOC code
49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
NAICS code
321219 — Fiberboard manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
200
Total hours worked
352684
Establishment ID
81922
Employer case #
1
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
17:00:00.000
Submitted
01FEB24:15:29:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.