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OSHA Injury Report: Mill Operations Battle Creek RPB

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Mill Operations Battle Creek RPB in Battle Creek, MI 49037 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was machine Operator in pAPERBOARD MILLS.

Establishment
Mill Operations Battle Creek RPB
Parent company
"Westrock CP, LLC"
Street
177 Angell Street
City
Battle Creek
State
MI
ZIP
49037
On-site location
Dry End Pope Reel
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
6

Employee was cutting down at the pope reel when his blade snapped in half The broken blade part of the blade went through his gauntlet and into his foreman Half the blade was deep in his forearm

Employee was cutting down at the pope reel when his blade snapped in half The broken blade part of the blade went through his gauntlet and into his foreman Half the blade was deep in his forearm

Cut Laceration Arm Right Forearm

Heavy duty stanley blade for cut downs

Cut Laceration Arm Right Forearm Heavy duty stanley blade for cut downs Body position posture bend lean twist

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
136
Total hours worked
390595
EIN
581271825
Establishment ID
1363988
Employer case #
255
Date of incident
Shift started
23:00
Time of incident
4:40
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.