Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2018-04-10 | Bald Knob | Arkansas | Cox Paving, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was cutting a fallen tree with a chainsaw when the chainsaw slipped and cut his left leg below the knee. He was hospitalized and had surgery. | |||||
2015-02-09 | Bald Knob | Arkansas | Advanced Technology Services | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
The employee was installing a gear box at the Diedeshiem machine tool station (used in cutting metals for making toilet valves). The employee was using a hydraulic jack to align the gear box on the motor of the machine. His hand got stuck between the gear box disc and the motor case. His left hand pinky finger was amputated and his ring finger was also injured. |