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OSHA Injury Report: Mill Operations : Charleston (CBM)

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Mill Operations : Charleston (CBM) in North Charleston, SC 29406 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was operator in pAPERMILL.

Establishment
Mill Operations : Charleston (CBM)
Parent company
WESTROCK CP, LLC
Street
5600 Virginia Avenue
City
North Charleston
State
SC
ZIP
29406
On-site location
Inside COGEN building 4th floor
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Employee was performing the task of washing down the Cogen building He completed the 5th floor and made his way to the 4th floor to tie in his washdown hose There wasnt an adapter on the connection point therefore the employee returned to the 5th floor with a spanner wrench and stated the adapter was tight on the connection As he was applying force to the spanner wrench the wrench slipped and he lost balance He caught himself on the grate and at that moment felt tension to his lower back He immediately reported the incident to his supervisor was evaluated by onsite EMT and left the site for evaluation by outside medical

Employee was performing the task of washing down the Cogen building He completed the 5th floor and made his way to the 4th floor to tie in his washdown hose There wasnt an adapter on the connection point therefore the employee returned to the 5th floor with a spanner wrench and stated the adapter was tight on the connection As he was applying force to the spanner wrench the wrench slipped and he lost balance He caught himself on the grate and at that moment felt tension to his lower back He immediately reported the incident to his supervisor was evaluated by onsite EMT and left the site for evaluation by outside medical

Strain tendons or muscles Back Lower Back

Turning a pipe spanner wrench

Employee was performing the task of washing down the [REDACTED] building He completed the 5th floor and made his way to the 4th floor to tie in his washdown hose There wasnt an adapter on the connection point therefore the employee returned to the 5th flo

Job description
Operator
SOC code
51-9199 — Production Workers, All Other
NAICS code
322121 — PAPERMILL
NAICS vintage
2017
Avg employees
126
Total hours worked
801342
EIN
205229654
Establishment ID
745865
Employer case #
300
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
13:30:00.000
Submitted
01MAR24:03:51:00

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.