Risks: Fires, Fatalities and Catastrophes in 2024


Dec 2024: Huhtamaki facility in Fulton, New York escapes major damage after fire crews aggressively attack flames

Dec 2024: Fire extinguished at Holmen Braviken paper mill - four people taken to hospital

Dec 2024: 'We will work through it:' Milwaukee-based paper manufacturing building catches fire, no one injured

Dec 2024: Crews respond to fire at International Paper facility in Conklin, New York

Dec 2024: Firefighters battle blaze at Des Moines, Iowa International Paper mill

Dec 2024: Rumford ND Paper mill mishap causes discolored snow; residents advised to steer clear

Dec 2024: Fire crews tackle huge blaze at paper mill

Dec 2024: Confirmed fire at Georgia-Pacific facility

Dec 2024: Firefighters endure 20-degree temps fighting Georgia Pacific facility fire

Dec 2024: Firefighters respond to Staten Island fire at Pratt Industries Travis paper mill

Dec 2024: Machinery fire extinguished at Pratt Industries Henderson, Kentucky paper mill

Nov 2024: No injuries reported following industrial fire at Dryden mill

Nov 2024: Toxic Spill Allegedly Linked to Smurfit-WestRock Virginia Mill Malfunction Causes Fish Distress in Jackson River

Nov 2024: Fire damages machines at P&G Green Bay paper mill

Nov 2024: Worker killed in forklift rollover at Smurfit Westrock site in Yakima, Washington

Oct 2024: Mondi announces closure of Stambolijski paper mill following fire

Oct 2024: RYAM Provides Update on a Fire at its Jesup Mill

Oct 2024: Rayonier Advanced Materials Jesup paper mill catches fire

Oct 2024: Fire at Sappi paper mill in Westbrook, Maine

Oct 2024: Man dies after being impaled by a log in truck crash near International Paper mill in North Carolina

Oct 2024: Georgia-Pacific Camas paper mill fined nearly $650,000 following machine operator death

Sep 2024: Ecology fines Cosmo Specialty Fibers paper mill for hazardous waste violations in Cosmopolis

Sep 2024: Firefighters battle blaze at Prattville's International Paper mill

Sep 2024: Weyerhaeuser fined $48,393 after Craven County, N.C. worker's death

Sep 2024: One dead after industrial accident at Cottrell Paper facility in Milton, N.Y.

Sep 2024: Residents Sue Roseburg Forest Products Over Devastating Mill Fire

Sep 2024: Worker ID'd In Fatal Loading Dock Accident at Menasha Facility, Company Assisting Police

Sep 2024: Conveyor belt catches fire at Graphic Packaging facility in Louisiana, no injuries reported

Sep 2024: Equipment malfunction ignites fire at Pixelle Specialty Solutions paper mill in York County, Pennsylvania

Sep 2024: Armed man charged with terrorism for threats at Pratt Industries facility in Ohio

Aug 2024: Crews investigating structure fire at Roseburg Forest Products facility

Aug 2024: Early morning fire at Green Bay Packaging facility injures one

Aug 2024: Georgia-Pacific Leaf River Cellulose employee burned, airlifted to hospital

Aug 2024: Fire at Essity warehouse in Alabama could continue for days, officials say

Aug 2024: Kent Fire and Rescue called to blaze at Smurfit Westrock Townsend Hook paper mill in Snodland

Aug 2024: Weyerhaeuser's Longview lumber mill fined $145,000 for stormwater violations

Aug 2024: Firefighters battled "fireball," heat at Procter & Gamble facility in Green Bay, Wisconsin

Aug 2024: Louisiana Pacific plant in Dawson, B.C. faces hefty fine from WorkSafeBC

Jul 2024: Update: Fire at Sappi Saiccor Mill

Jul 2024: Sappi mill staff evacuated after tanker explosion at Umkomaas, South Africa facility

Jul 2024: Fire at West Fraser Timber facility

Jul 2024: Sappi mourns death of six firefighters in South Africa

Jul 2024: Pactiv Evergreen employee shoots co-worker in Greensboro, N.C. officials say

Jul 2024: Sprinkler system helps contain fire at Roseburg Forest Products in Medford, Oregon

Jul 2024: International Paper faces state fines for wastewater released into Savannah River

Jul 2024: Clearwater Paper fined $350K for unreported chlorine releases at Lewiston mill

Jul 2024: Fire at New-Indy draws first responders from more than a dozen agencies

Jul 2024: Responders put out fire at Marcal Paper mill

Jun 2024: Fire at Graphic Packaging Macon, Georgia paper mill caused by tractor malfunction, fire officials say

Jun 2024: Workers say they were exposed to carcinogen at WestRock plant this month in Longview

Jun 2024: Sonae Arauco launches digital plant model in Nettgau, Germany

Jun 2024: Metsä Group restarts Kemi bioproduct mill after gas explosion

Jun 2024: SEC Charges R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. with Cybersecurity-Related Controls Violations

Jun 2024: Tumut paper mill fined more than $200,000 for water pollution

Jun 2024: Hundreds evacuated from Kimberly Clark facility during fire

Jun 2024: New-Indy settles for $103 million in cash, remediation

Jun 2024: Crews tackle waste paper fire at Sonoco in Hartsville

Jun 2024: Twin Rivers Paper Company Inc. fined $250,000 for Fisheries Act offence in New Brunswick

May 2024: PotlatchDeltic Land & Lumber penalized $225,000 for alleged Clean Water Act violations

May 2024: Fire damages Appvion plant in Appleton, Wisconsin

May 2024: Crews spend hours battling fire at Huhtamaki warehouse in Winslow, Maine

May 2024: Man in custody after standoff on roof of International Paper facility in Wisconsin

May 2024: 2 PCA employees sent to hospital after fire reported at Anderson County, S.C. facility

May 2024: Fatality at Weyerhaeuser facility in Mississippi

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