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OSHA Injury Report: Nicolet Mill

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Nicolet Mill in De Pere, WI 54115 resulted in days away from work. Employee was sC Backtender in paper products.

Establishment
Nicolet Mill
Parent company
Ahlstrom-Munksjo
Street
200 Main Avenue
City
De Pere
State
WI
ZIP
54115
On-site location
3 SC
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
150
Days restricted or transferred
30

Lowering a reel of paper onto a wagon

The team member was lowering a reel of paper onto a cart with [REDACTED] Hoist. Just after the reel was set on the cart the hoist drive cabinet let loose from the hoist and fell. When the electrical wires caught it swung the cabinet to the west the wires broke free and the cabinet continued to fall striking the team member and knocking him to the floor. Emergency responders were called immediately and the team member was transported to [REDACTED]. The drive cabinet wieighed 168 pounds and had dimensions of 40 x 12 x 24.

Fracture of Spinal Cord - Trunk

Machinery - Machinery unspecified

Fracture of Spinal Cord - Trunk - Directly harmed by: Machinery - Machinery unspecified

Job description
SC Backtender
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
322121 — Paper products
NAICS vintage
2017
Avg employees
203
Total hours worked
440253
EIN
208157633
Establishment ID
68414
Employer case #
FY23-00022
Date of incident
Shift started
18:00:00.000
Time of incident
4:15:00.000
Submitted
15FEB24:21:01:00

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