Sheldon Springs, VT —
OSHA Injury Report: Mill Operations Missisquoi RPB
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Mill Operations Missisquoi RPB in Sheldon Springs, VT 5485 resulted in days away from work. Employee was machine Operator in paperboard Mills.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Mill Operations Missisquoi RPB
- Parent company
- "Westrock CP, LLC"
- Street
- 369 Mill Street
- City
- Sheldon Springs
- State
- VT
- ZIP
- 5485
- On-site location
- Behind the 2 Paper Machine
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 143
Before the incident
Person was cleaning up the floor near the 6 machine screen on the backside of the [REDACTED] using a whitewater hose During the cleaning water splashed back towards the persons face and went behind the safety glasses the person was wearing and into their right eye The person washed their eye out and everything seemed fine The following [REDACTED] the person woke up to gunk in their eye and they washed their eye out again The person rested for a bit and [REDACTED] the person began feeling pain in their eye and was having a hard time keeping it open The person selftreated for a few days at home and when the eye was not getting better the person went to the doctor This incident impacted the persons vision and they were not able to drive to work
What happened
Person was cleaning up the floor near the 6 machine screen on the backside of the [REDACTED] using a whitewater hose During the cleaning water splashed back towards the persons face and went behind the safety glasses the person was wearing and into their right eye The person washed their eye out and everything seemed fine The following [REDACTED] the person woke up to gunk in their eye and they washed their eye out again The person rested for a bit and [REDACTED] the person began feeling pain in their eye and was having a hard time keeping it open The person selftreated for a few days at home and when the eye was not getting better the person went to the doctor This incident impacted the persons vision and they were not able to drive to work
Injury or illness
Eye Irritation Eye Right Eye
Object or substance involved
Waterliquid spray back when cleaning floor and area below machine screen
Summary line
Eye Irritation Eye Right Eye Water liquid spray back when cleaning floor and area below machine screen Contact with substance
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Machine Operator
- SOC code
- 51-9196 — Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- NAICS code
- 322130 — Paperboard Mills
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 129
- Total hours worked
- 317365
- EIN
- 581271825
- Establishment ID
- 1364016
- Employer case #
- 262
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:45
- Time of incident
- 13:12
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 27FEB2025:23:58:00
Source
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.