Risks: Fires, Fatalities and Catastrophes in 2024


May 2024: Survivors of deadly PCA DeRidder paper mill explosion win $141 million award in lawsuit

May 2024: Employee at International Paper Coosa mill hospitalized following accident

Apr 2024: No injuries following fire at McKinley paper mill

Apr 2024: Visy workplace accident: Company receives heavy fine after Smithfield incident that caused worker's leg to be amputated

Apr 2024: B.C. Paper Excellence pulp and paper mill fined $22,000 for leaking toxic gas into atmosphere

Apr 2024: Fire at Weyerhaeuser facility

Apr 2024: Police reports shed light on fatality at Georgia-Pacific Camas paper mill

Mar 2024: Labour ministry continues probe into Thunder Bay Pulp and Paper explosion

Mar 2024: NORPAC investigating Sunday night fire

Mar 2024: Georgia-Pacific building explosion leads to fire in Emporia, Virginia

Mar 2024: Metsä Group announces production shutdown at Kemi bioproduct mill due to gas explosion

Mar 2024: OHS investigating workplace death at West Fraser Timber Slave Lake pulp mill

Mar 2024: Deadly Weyerhaeuser forklift accident in North Carolina under investigation

Mar 2024: Georgia-Pacific employee killed in Camas Mill accident identified

Mar 2024: Georgia-Pacific Mill employee dead after industrial accident

Feb 2024: Firefighters battle a 3-alarm blaze at Pixelle Spring Grove paper mill

Feb 2024: Canfor mill worker dies 12 days after being electrocuted

Feb 2024: Regional Firefighters Unite to Battle Massive Blaze at Interfor Lumber Mill

Feb 2024: Fire at UP Paper mill in Manistique, Michigan

Feb 2024: Cause of fire at Domtar Paper in Nekoosa, Wisconsin under investigation

Feb 2024: Petersburg, Va. fire crews battle early morning fire at International Paper Company

Feb 2024: Strong mutual aid response helps control second-alarm fire at Somerset Maine Sappi mill

Jan 2024: Two injured in accident at Domtar Elk County, Pennsylvania paper mill, officials confirm

Jan 2024: Worker killed in loader incident at Resolute sawmill

Jan 2024: 1 dead, 1 seriously injured in crash near Phoenix Paper mill

Jan 2024: Pewaukee, Wisconsin Quad/Graphics machine explosion; no injuries

Jan 2024: Worker dies after getting trapped in machine at North Tonawanda, N.Y. WestRock manufacturing facility

Jan 2024: Fire breaks out at Resolute mill in Tennessee

Jan 2024: Fire at Soundview paper mill

Jan 2024: Fire at Graphic Packaging Kalamazoo paper mill extinguished by employees

Jan 2024: No injuries in fire at Georgia Pacific MDF facility