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OSHA Injury Report: Mill Operations : Charleston (CBM)

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Mill Operations : Charleston (CBM) in North Charleston, SC 29406 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was mechanic 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
old power house
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
140

On [REDACTED] an employee was having trouble opening the 4 BFWP Valve Prior to calling maintenance the operator attempted to free the valve using a 24 Pipe Wrench and roughly threefoot pipe for leverage and was not able to get the valve free Maintenance was contacted for support and a shift mechanic responded The shift mechanic connected a set of channel locks to the chain and attempted to use both hands to pull down and close the valve After pulling down on twice the mechanic felt discomfort in their left shoulder At that time the mechanic did not report to medical to be evaluated thinking it was slight soreness that would go away The following day the mechanics shoulder pain increased and contacted their supervisor to inform him he wanted to follow up with the nurse on the next shift

On [REDACTED] an employee was having trouble opening the 4 BFWP Valve Prior to calling maintenance the operator attempted to free the valve using a 24 Pipe Wrench and roughly threefoot pipe for leverage and was not able to get the valve free Maintenance was contacted for support and a shift mechanic responded The shift mechanic connected a set of channel locks to the chain and attempted to use both hands to pull down and close the valve After pulling down on twice the mechanic felt discomfort in their left shoulder At that time the mechanic did not report to medical to be evaluated thinking it was slight soreness that would go away The following day the mechanics shoulder pain increased and contacted their supervisor to inform him he wanted to follow up with the nurse on the next shift

Strain tendons or muscles Shoulder Left Shoulder

Chain valve

On [REDACTED] an employee was having trouble opening the 4 BFWP Valve Prior to calling maintenance the operator attempted to free the valve using a 24 Pipe Wrench and roughly threefoot pipe for leverage and was not able to get the valve free Maintenance w

Job description
Mechanic
SOC code
49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
NAICS code
322121 — PAPERMILL
NAICS vintage
2017
Avg employees
126
Total hours worked
801342
EIN
205229654
Establishment ID
745865
Employer case #
290
Date of incident
Shift started
18:00:00.000
Time of incident
12:00:00.000
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.