Industry Summary
The Newsprint Mills industry has really been reeling, experiencing a massive employment decline of -13.66% in just the 12 months. The most recent numbers from 2015 show that employment was right at 5,536 working at 38 different establishments throughout the United States, which is 876 less than the year prior. With OSHA reported accident rates of less than that of the the Paper Mills Industry as a whole, things have been relatively safe over the past five years.
OSHA investigators arrived in QUEEN CITY, TE on Friday, May 20th 2016 and began an accident investigation at International Paper Company. A had been injured when the caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Accident Date2016-05-20
Accident DegreeInjury
NarrativeAn employee was cutting cores with a saw. While she was attempting to retrieve a marking crayon, the saw cut her right hand and broke her right index finger. She was hospitalized.
The accident investigation below was opened on Friday, December 4th 2015 by OSHA representitives in Chillicothe, OH which had occured previously at P. H. Glatfelter Company. A employee working as a was injured on the job when the struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
Accident Date2015-11-25
Accident DegreeInjury
NarrativeAn employee was threading paper into a slitter machine and contacted the slitter blade amputating the left index fingertip.
On Wednesday, May 20th 2015 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in QUEEN CITY, TE which had occured previously at International Paper Company. A employee working as a was injured on the job when the contact with hot objected or substances
Accident Date2015-05-20
Accident DegreeInjury
NarrativeAn employee was cleaning up hot pulp that had spilled on the floor (approximately 6-inches deep). The employee's rubber boots became stuck in the pulp. As he tried freeing himself, his left foot came out of his boot. His unprotected foot landed in the pulp, causing second degree burns up to his ankle.