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OSHA Injury Report: Mill Operations Columbus OH REC

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Mill Operations Columbus OH REC in Columbus, OH 43205 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was other in mATERIALS RECOVERY FACILITY/WASTE MANAGEMENT & REMEDIATION SERVICES.

Establishment
Mill Operations Columbus OH REC
Parent company
WestRock CP, LLC
Street
1015 Marion rd
City
Columbus
State
OH
ZIP
43205
On-site location
Occ Sort line
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
12

Shortly after 1st break at approximately [REDACTED] the sort line crew was cleaning under the guarding of the Drum feeder This is a daily practice The material builds up behind the guarding while loading the drum with the commercial single stream It was cold and wet The material froze to the ground Employee used a spud bar to free the material (picture attached) The spud bar is roughly 25 to 30 lbs As he jammed the spud bar under the frozen material and lifted up to free it he felt a twinge in his back He said he felt some soreness the rest of the day but worked through it He reported the back issue the next day via text but without all the details we received today

Shortly after 1st break at approximately [REDACTED] the sort line crew was cleaning under the guarding of the Drum feeder This is a daily practice The material builds up behind the guarding while loading the drum with the commercial single stream It was cold and wet The material froze to the ground Employee used a spud bar to free the material (picture attached) The spud bar is roughly 25 to 30 lbs As he jammed the spud bar under the frozen material and lifted up to free it he felt a twinge in his back He said he felt some soreness the rest of the day but worked through it He reported the back issue the next day via text but without all the details we received today

Strain tendons or muscles Back Lower BackMiddle Back

NOne

Strain (tendons or muscles) Back Lower BackMiddle Back NOne Body position posture bend lean twist

Job description
Other
SOC code
00-9900 — Insufficient Information - NIOSH
NAICS code
562920 — MATERIALS RECOVERY FACILITY/WASTE MANAGEMENT & REMEDIATION SERVICES
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
20
Total hours worked
42303
EIN
362041256
Establishment ID
1501731
Employer case #
20
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
12:24
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.