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Volume 86, Number 36 September 4, 2010

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Mill Worker’s Death Deemed an Accident

The death June 30 of a 10-year employee of Clearwater Paper Corp.’s bleached boxboard mill in Lewiston, Idaho, was an industrial accident, according to a report by the Sheriff’s Office of Nez Perce County, Idaho, The Lewiston (Idaho) Morning Tribune reports.

Until now, law officials avoided characterizing the fatality of 35-year-old John Bergen III, pending the outcome of an ongoing investigation by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). OSHA has six months from the time of Bergen’s death to release its report.

Bergen was working at a control panel when paper became jammed in machinery.

Two other employees were on either side of the machinery trying to clear the jam when Bergen when to help, according to the report. The man fell through an access door when he was cutting the paper off of a large roll and then apparently hit his head. He was

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Transacted Containerboard Prices

Average transacted price levels are tabulated by obtaining paid prices from independent converters purchasing linerboard and medium. All prices are intended as a reference standard only. Transactions may be concluded at any time at any price agreed upon by seller and purchaser. These are delivered prices for week ended previous Tuesday. Price ranges listed are per short ton.

Northeast 42#Fourd.KraftLinerboard$580–590 $590–600 $590–600 $600–610 $605–615
Kraft Linerboard Upcharges (Nationwide):

26#: $50/ton 33#: $30/ton

31#: HP* $30/ton 35# HP: $25/ton 57# HP: $20/ton Recycled:

35#: HP Recycled: $30/ton

East Central Southeast/
South Central
North
Central
West

Norampac to
Expand Ontario
Box Plant

Canadian box maker Norampac expects to begin construction soon on a $1 million (Canadian), 15,000 sq ft expansion at its St. Marys, Ontario, corrugated packaging plant, The ( Strat-ford, Ontario) Beacon Herald

reports.

The expansion will eventually house a new $5.5 million flexo folder-gluer, with installation likely to occur by next summer, says Steve Cousins, plant manager. He says the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries machine will help improve the plant’s efficiency, flexibility and competitiveness, as well as expand its market.

Changeovers between jobs on the new machine can be done in as little as two minutes, Cousins says. Currently, it takes up to 30 minutes to set up a new job.