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OSHA Injury Report: Mill Operations Demopolis PM

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Mill Operations Demopolis PM in Demopolis, AL 36732 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was machine Operator in pULP MILLS PRODUCING PAPERBOARD.

Establishment
Mill Operations Demopolis PM
Parent company
"Westrock CP, LLC"
Street
28270 US Highway 80 West
City
Demopolis
State
AL
ZIP
36732
On-site location
Bottom Soft Wood Bleach Plant
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

The pine bleach plant was shut down with the machine outage to replace a bad valve at [REDACTED] tower The operator who was doing the LOTO on the [REDACTED] MC Pump opened the dump valve before he had closed the suction and discharge valve on the pump Because of this the contents of the preretention tube began dumping out around him and he was exposed to some amount of residual ClO2 still present in stock water that was in the tube As the morning went by he noticed he was having chest tightness throat burning and difficulty taking a deep breath Employee sought medical treatment beyond first aid

The pine bleach plant was shut down with the machine outage to replace a bad valve at [REDACTED] tower The operator who was doing the LOTO on the [REDACTED] MC Pump opened the dump valve before he had closed the suction and discharge valve on the pump Because of this the contents of the preretention tube began dumping out around him and he was exposed to some amount of residual ClO2 still present in stock water that was in the tube As the morning went by he noticed he was having chest tightness throat burning and difficulty taking a deep breath Employee sought medical treatment beyond first aid

Respiratory irritation e.g. Asthma Internal SystemsOrgans Respiratory System

ClO2 Chlorine Dioxide

Respiratory irritation (eg Asthma) Internal Systems Organs Respiratory System ClO2 Chlorine Dioxide Chemical Exposure Contact

Job description
Machine Operator
SOC code
51-9196 — Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
NAICS code
322130 — PULP MILLS PRODUCING PAPERBOARD
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
431
Total hours worked
983043
EIN
581271825
Establishment ID
1363996
Employer case #
626
Date of incident
Shift started
6:30
Time of incident
7:00
Filing year
2024
Submitted
27FEB2025:23:58:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.