| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-09-07 | Arkadelphia | Ar | Siplast Inc - Roll Roofing Facility | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| A maintenance technician was troubleshooting a heat transfer fluid (HTF) motor failure on the production line. While the motor was being removed, the technician was sprayed with hot HTF, resulting in burns to the hands, arms, and torso. | |||||
| 2019-07-10 | Arkadelphia | Arkansas | DRUMCO OF ARKANSAS, INC. | Ankle(s) | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
| Two temporary employees working in the forming area were involved in a physical altercation. During the altercation the two employees grabbed one another and fell to the ground. One employee fell on the other employee. The employee that was fallen on sustained a fractured right ankle. | |||||
| 2019-07-09 | Arkadelphia | Arkansas | CONTAINER LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT LLC DBA DRUMCO | Face | Explosion, n.e.c. |
| An employee was welding a spigot to a 55-gallon drum's lid. Flammable residue caused the drum to explode and the lid struck the employee, causing a facial fracture and a laceration to the right arm. | |||||
| 2018-08-22 | Arkadelphia | Arkansas | ROBERTSON CONTRACTORS, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was handling a 30-pound tube block to place on a trailer bed. In an attempt to keep the tube block from falling, his right thumb was caught between the tube block and the bed of the trailer, resulting in a right thumb tip amputation. | |||||
| 2015-08-14 | Arkadelphia | Arkansas | Reynolds Metals | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| The injured employee was working as part of a three-person crew. The crew was removing and disassembling a bin-whip used to unclog a bin. As the bin-whip is raised, a 4-foot section is removed and the remaining part is reattached to the hydraulics used to raise it. Another crew member struggled to insert a pin to attach the hydraulics to the bin-whip. The injured employee reached over to help insert the pin and bumped the hydraulic controls with his knee. This caused the pin to rotate and pinc | |||||
| 2015-03-09 | Arkadelphia | Arkansas | DANFOSS SCROLL TECHNOLOGIES | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c. |
| After resetting an HMI, an employee crawled over a conveyor and reached up to grab the guarding. His wedding ring got caught on the guarding, resulting in the amputation of his left ring finger. | |||||