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OSHA Injury Report: Mill Operations Roanoke Rapids CBM

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Mill Operations Roanoke Rapids CBM in Roanoke Rapids, NC 27870 resulted in days away from work. Employee was operator in paper Mill.

Establishment
Mill Operations Roanoke Rapids CBM
Parent company
Smurfit Westrock Kraft Paper, LLC
Street
100 Gaston Road
City
Roanoke Rapids
State
NC
ZIP
27870
On-site location
South side of PM3 Winder
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
4
Days restricted or transferred
23

There were two 56675 rolls that were run together due to winder shift at top of roll Roll log was placed behind winder 3rd Hand placed splitting wedge between rolls and tapped wedge down approximately 1 The 3rd Hand then used the 24 sledge to drive the wedge into runtogether rolls to split them apart The sledgehammer face did not hit the wedge squarely and the wedge flew out and struck an observing Employee watching the procedure on the nose cheek The Employee that was struck was standing 6 away 90 degrees from the wedge location The Employee received lacerations on nose bridge and cheek Employees were wearing all proper PPE Employee was treated by ERT members and transported offsite to medical facility

There were two 56675 rolls that were run together due to winder shift at top of roll Roll log was placed behind winder 3rd Hand placed splitting wedge between rolls and tapped wedge down approximately 1 The 3rd Hand then used the 24 sledge to drive the wedge into runtogether rolls to split them apart The sledgehammer face did not hit the wedge squarely and the wedge flew out and struck an observing Employee watching the procedure on the nose cheek The Employee that was struck was standing 6 away 90 degrees from the wedge location The Employee received lacerations on nose bridge and cheek Employees were wearing all proper PPE Employee was treated by ERT members and transported offsite to medical facility

Cut Laceration Head Facial Area Nose

splitting wedge made of plastic

Cut Laceration Head Facial Area Nose splitting wedge made of plastic Contact with sharp object

Job description
Operator
SOC code
51-9199 — Production Workers, All Other
NAICS code
322121 — Paper Mill
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
437
Total hours worked
823924
EIN
205229654
Establishment ID
745864
Employer case #
101
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
16:30
Filing year
2025
Submitted
24FEB26:15:59:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.