Cottonton, AL ·
OSHA Injury Report: Mill Operations Cottonton SM
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Mill Operations Cottonton SM in 145 Highway 165 South, Cottonton, AL 36851 resulted in days away from work. Employee was utility Operator in sawmills.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Mill Operations Cottonton SM
- Parent company
- "Westrock CP, LLC"
- Street
- 145 Highway 165 South
- City
- Cottonton
- State
- AL
- ZIP
- 36851
- On-site location
- Sawmill
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 180
Before the incident
An operations employee received a laceration injury to their left forearm The employee was in the process of clearing the cleanup chain at the northside cutoff saw We believe at the time of the incident the employee was utilizing a pike pole to remove wood debris from the chain conveyor lost balance or grip and fell into a guarded 48inch diameter cutoff saw As the employee was falling backwards his arm inadvertently was exposed to the open side of the blade resulting in a laceration injury Our investigation is ongoing
What happened
An operations employee received a laceration injury to their left forearm The employee was in the process of clearing the cleanup chain at the northside cutoff saw We believe at the time of the incident the employee was utilizing a pike pole to remove wood debris from the chain conveyor lost balance or grip and fell into a guarded 48inch diameter cutoff saw As the employee was falling backwards his arm inadvertently was exposed to the open side of the blade resulting in a laceration injury Our investigation is ongoing
Injury or illness
Cut Laceration Arm Left Forearm
Object or substance involved
Cutoff saw
Summary line
Cut Laceration Arm Left Forearm Cutoff saw Contact with sharp object
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Utility Operator
- SOC code
- 51-9199: Production Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 321113: Sawmills
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 182
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 417,473
- EIN
- 273323928
- Establishment ID
- 1363992
- Employer case #
- 500
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 16:00
- Time of incident
- 18:33
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-02-27
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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