Risks: Fires, Fatalities and Catastrophes in 2020


Dec 2020: Report: Medflight Responding to Accident at Sofidel mill in Pickaway County, Ohio
Dec 2020: Employee dies after incident at International Paper mill in Franklin, Virginia
Dec 2020: Worker falls on pole after falling at Chillicothe, Ohio Pixelle paper mill
Dec 2020: Fire at Inland Empire Paper Co. quickly contained
Nov 2020: Firefighters battle structure fire at US Paper Mill in Menasha, Wisconsin
Nov 2020: Overheated machinery likely cause of fire at Thunder Bay Resolute facility
Nov 2020: Multiple crews respond to fire at Cascades facility
Nov 2020: Firefighters Battle 2-Alarm Fire At Georgia-Pacific Paper Mill In San Leandro, California
Nov 2020: Fire at Schweitzer-Mauduit facility
Oct 2020: Old Town, Maine ND Paper mill spills 30,000 gallons of pulping chemicals into river
Oct 2020: Fire at Pixelle mill in Ohio
Oct 2020: Worker death at West Fraser Hinton, B.C. pulp mill under investigation
Sep 2020: Fire at Pratt mill
Sep 2020: Norske Skog paper mill fined $1 million over workers' deaths
Sep 2020: Fire destroys sawmill at Katahdin Forest Products in Oakfield
Sep 2020: 2 die in fire at Evergreen Packaging mill in Canton, N.C.
Sep 2020: Fire at Sappi woodyard extinguished in Skowhegan
Sep 2020: Fire reported at Sofidel mill in Ohio
Sep 2020: Fire at Evergreen Packaging facility
Sep 2020: Firefighters douse flames at Domtar pulp mill
Sep 2020: Packaging Corp Evaluates Hurricane Impact on Louisiana Mill
Aug 2020: No injuries after fire in paper compactor machine at R.R. Donnelley in St. Charles, Illinois
Aug 2020: Veteran, contractor who died at Georgia-Pacific facility honored
Aug 2020: Crews limit damage from fire at International Paper facility due to quick response
Aug 2020: DNR investigates hundreds of Escanaba River fish deaths near Verso paper mill