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OSHA Injury Report: Mill Operations : Silsbee (SE)

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Mill Operations : Silsbee (SE) in Silsbee, TX 77656 resulted in days away from work. Employee was utility Operator in laminated or Surface coated Paperboard.

Establishment
Mill Operations : Silsbee (SE)
Parent company
WESTROCK CP, LLC
Street
4594 Old Evadale Road
City
Silsbee
State
TX
ZIP
77656
On-site location
UnwindExtruder
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
17
Days restricted or transferred
27

Employee reports he was cutting tags off waste with a retractable knife The knife was positioned in the right hand while his left hand was stationary holding the target Proceeding in an upward swinging motion his hand slipped resulting in missing the anticipated target The blade penetrated the left anterior wrist Significant bleeding immediately resulted as reported by coworkers Description of injurylocation consistent with active arterial bleed Coworkers onsite controlled bleeding by effective means necessary Employee remained alert and oriented Oncall medical safety and EMS notified Employee transported to emergency room for treatment

Employee reports he was cutting tags off waste with a retractable knife The knife was positioned in the right hand while his left hand was stationary holding the target Proceeding in an upward swinging motion his hand slipped resulting in missing the anticipated target The blade penetrated the left anterior wrist Significant bleeding immediately resulted as reported by coworkers Description of injurylocation consistent with active arterial bleed Coworkers onsite controlled bleeding by effective means necessary Employee remained alert and oriented Oncall medical safety and EMS notified Employee transported to emergency room for treatment

Cut Laceration Wrist Left Wrist

Retractable knife blade

Employee reports he was cutting tags off waste with a retractable knife The knife was positioned in the right hand while his left hand was stationary holding the target Proceeding in an upward swinging motion his hand slipped resulting in missing the anti

Job description
Utility Operator
SOC code
51-9199 — Production Workers, All Other
NAICS code
322220 — Laminated or Surface coated Paperboard
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
49
Total hours worked
164961
EIN
223693535
Establishment ID
745748
Employer case #
85
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
6:35:00.000
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.