Cottonton, AL—Federal OSHA workplace-safety record

Cottonton, AL

11 severe-injury reports between 2015-01-22 and 2024-07-16, 73 OSHA inspections, and 56 Form 300/301 injury filings on federal record in Cottonton, Alabama.

11Severe injuries

10Hospitalizations

73OSHA inspections

56Injury filings

Employers with the most severe injuries in Cottonton

# Employer Severe-injury reports

1 WESTROCK COATED BOARD, LLC 3 2 Westrock Mahrt Mill, LLC 2 3 All Crane Rental Of Georgia, Inc. 1 4 Greenbush Logistics, Inc. 1 5 Mead Westvaco Cottonton Mill 1 6 WestRock 1 7 Westrock (Cottonton, AL) 1 8 Westrock the Mahrt Mill 1

Example incidents

WestRock COTTONTON, ALABAMA · 2024-07-16 · Fall on same level resulting in exposure or contact
An employee was clearing the clean-up chain with a stick when he fell backward into the cut-off saw area. His arm struck against the saw, resulting in severe lacerations. The machine was unguarded at the time.
WESTROCK COATED BOARD, LLC COTTONTON, ALABAMA · 2022-03-22 · Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecified
An employee stepped on a metal grating covering a U-drain with green liquor, a liquid chemical. The grating tilted, causing the employee's right leg to fall into the liquid. The employee suffered chemical burns to the lower leg and foot.
Westrock Mahrt Mill, LLC COTTONTON, ALABAMA · 2021-03-26 · Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was climbing down a ladder, slipped, and fell two feet to the ground, resulting in a fractured hip.
WESTROCK COATED BOARD, LLC COTTONTON, ALABAMA · 2020-07-20 · Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
A forklift operator had just placed a 3-high stack of bundled lumber on the ground. He then backed the forks out from underneath the bundles and exited the forklift. He used a pair of snips to cut the nylon banding off the top bundle. The top bundle moved and the bottom board fell to the ground. As the employee moved away from the stacked bundles, he tripped over the forks and fell to the concrete ground. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to the right ilium and femur.
WESTROCK COATED BOARD, LLC COTTONTON, ALABAMA · 2019-07-07 · Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was assisting on a refiner in a paperboard mill. While his hand was in a drain, a valve was opened and hot water splashed onto and severely burned his right hand and wrist.
Westrock (Cottonton, AL) COTTONTON, ALABAMA · 2019-06-09 · Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
An employee was trying to remove paper at the infeed side of a paper machine's pull stack. The employee's fingers were caught in the paper rollers, causing amputations to the three middle fingers of the employee's left hand (at the first joint) and the right index finger.

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Source: federal OSHA Severe Injury Reports, inspections, and ITA Form 300/301 filings. Counts reflect federal jurisdiction only.