Longview paper mill fined $77K for unrelated safety incident a month before fatal tank rupture

Longview mill cited for worker endangerment after worker wades in hot pulp, falls in sinkhole

Nippon Dynawave was fined $77,000 after an investigation revealed that months before a deadly tank failure, a worker nearly fell into a hole and into hot pulp.

Longview paper mill fined $77K for unrelated safety incident a month before fatal tank rupture

A drain malfunction created a sinkhole that an employee nearly fell into, according to a citation from the Washington Department of Labor and Industries.