Risks: Fires, Fatalities and Catastrophes in 2021


Dec 2021: Crews respond to fire at Georgia Pacific Dixie facility in Fort Smith, Arkansas
Dec 2021: PCA Fire Caused Estimated $1 Million In Damage
Dec 2021: Fire at International Paper facility
Dec 2021: Fire at WestRock facility
Dec 2021: No Injuries From Three-Alarm Fire At Harrisonburg, Virginia PCA Facility
Nov 2021: Employees help extinguish fire at Ahlstrom-Munksjö Kaukauna mill
Nov 2021: Fire at West Fraser facility
Nov 2021: Worker in Critical Condition After Getting Stuck in Machinery at Cascades Facility
Nov 2021: Fire at Sustana Fiber in De Pere, Wisconsin causes estimated $120k in damages
Nov 2021: Fire at Kimberly-Clark facility
Nov 2021: Lots of smoke, but no injuries: Machine at Petersburg, Virginia International Paper facility catches fire
Nov 2021: Agency: No environmental impact from Prattville, Alabama IP paper mill incident
Nov 2021: Major fire tears through West Fraser Quesnel, B.C. log yard
Nov 2021: One dead in accident at Quad facility in Oklahoma
Nov 2021: International Paper's Prattville, Alabama mill shuts down following 'structural failure'
Nov 2021: One dead, one injured in accident at First Quality Tissue facility
Nov 2021: Crews fight fire at Georgia-Pacific paper mill in East Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Oct 2021: Two workers dead after accident at Domtar mill
Oct 2021: Rescue Operation Underway Following Accident at Domtar Windsor Mill
Oct 2021: Terrace Bay, Ontario paper mill fined over worker injury
Oct 2021: Workplace death in Kamloops, B.C. under investigation
Sep 2021: Workplace shooting at West Fraser mill, no injuries reported
Sep 2021: Fire at Port Alberni's Paper Excellence paper mill quickly extinguished
Sep 2021: Fire breaks out in Georgia Pacific Big Island mill
Sep 2021: Sonoco Warehouse in South Brunswick, N.J. Catches Fire for the Second Time in 2021
Sep 2021: Update: Two recovering in burn unit after paper mill 'flash fire'
Sep 2021: Fire at Georgia-Pacific facility
Aug 2021: Large equipment fire breaks out at Resolute Forest Products facility
Aug 2021: Two injured in Canton, N.C. paper mill explosion, family members say
Aug 2021: Resolute Worker Injury Under Investigation
Aug 2021: PCA employee killed in apparent workplace accident at Counce, Tennessee paper mill
Jul 2021: Weekend fire at West Fraser facility
Jun 2021: Fire at Georgia-Pacific facility in South Carolina
Jun 2021: Mill fire in Powell River Paper Excellence mill under control
Jun 2021: Fire in machine causes $50,000 worth of damages at Georgia-Pacific facility
Jun 2021: Rumford, Maine firefighters knock down fire at ND Paper
Jun 2021: Fire at Georgia-Pacific facility
Jun 2021: Firefighters respond to small fire at Dunn Paper
Jun 2021: Fire at Metsä Board's Husum pulp mill's chip conveyor
Jun 2021: PotlatchDeltic Reports Fire Damage at Ola, Arkansas Sawmill
May 2021: Verso Wisconsin Rapids Mill Fire May Have Been Sparked by Lightning
May 2021: Officials continue to investigate cause of fire at Verso paper mill in Wisconsin Rapids
May 2021: Fire at PCA International Fall Paper Mill brought under control, no injuries reported
May 2021: Fire at International Paper facility
May 2021: No injuries in blaze at Georga-Pacific MDF plant in Mount Jewett, Pennsylvania
May 2021: Whiting Paper Mill fire 'not caused by act of nature', investigators say
May 2021: Employee taken to hospital after chemical spill at Solenis water treatment plant
May 2021: No injuries after fire at former Whiting Paper Mill in Menasha, Wisconsin
Apr 2021: Fire reported at LSC Communications facility
Apr 2021: Fire Outbreak at Kotkamills' sawmill
Apr 2021: Fire at UP Paper mill in Manistique, Michigan
Apr 2021: Fire breaks out at Evergreen Packaging mill
Mar 2021: Fire at WestRock mill
Mar 2021: Cause of fatal Evergreen Packaging mill fire released, citations issued
Mar 2021: PCA worker air lifted after getting hand stuck in machine
Mar 2021: 2 killed in murder-suicide at Dixie Pulp & Paper in Tuscaloosa
Mar 2021: Worker at Sofidel mill in Pickaway County, Ohio Lifeflighted after head injury
Mar 2021: Firefighters contain a quick-spreading fire in south Wichita, Kansas
Mar 2021: Hazmat team responds to Ahlstrom-Munksjo Mosinee, Wisconsin paper mill
Mar 2021: Hot air fan catches fire at WestRock, Chattanooga, Tenn. department says; no injuries reported
Mar 2021: Fire at Sonoco mill in Ontario
Feb 2021: Crew responds to 'fire on top of a tank' at International Paper facility
Feb 2021: Truck driver dies after paper bale crushes him
Feb 2021: Sonoco warehouse in Middlesex County, New Jersey damaged by fire
Feb 2021: Stubborn machine fire at Cascades facility
Feb 2021: Crews deal with fire at Domtar facility
Feb 2021: Norbord fined $65,000 for 2018 worker injury
Feb 2021: Fork truck incident causes major damage at Pratt Industries facility
Feb 2021: Ransomeware attack continuing to affect WestRock operations
Feb 2021: North Jersey recycling facility to be demolished after large fire
Jan 2021: Massive fire tears through New Jersey paper recycling facility on two-year anniversary of separate mill inferno several miles away
Jan 2021: GoFundMe page created for family of man killed in accident at Twin Rivers mill in Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Jan 2021: WestRock sees revenue hit from ransomware attack; facilities continue to be impacted
Jan 2021: Fire at Pratt facility in Staten Island, N.Y.
Jan 2021: Worker killed in accident at Twin Rivers mill in Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Jan 2021: Paper machine catches fire at Paper Excellence Vancouver Island mill