Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-11-08 | Bearden | Ar | Anthony Timberlands, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
An employee and a co-worker were removing forks from an unused forklift in order to remove the fork positioners. They removed a pin from the fork and it shifted and swung toward the employee. The employee attempted to jump over the fork, but it struck his foot mid-air, resulting in fractured bones on the top of his foot. | |||||
2021-10-28 | Bear | De | Prime Administrators | Multiple trunk locations | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
An employee suffered broken bones in the back and ribs while lifting items from a truck. | |||||
2021-09-25 | Bearden | Ar | Anthony Timberlands, Inc. | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was attempting to remove a board from a landing table when his foot became caught in the drive chain. The employee's toe was amputated. | |||||
2020-04-02 | Bearden | Arkansas | Anthony Timberlands, Inc. | Multiple trunk locations | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
An employee went onto a rollcase to try and release a board that was trapped inside the outfeed rollcase of an edger machine. He lost his balance and fell 10 feet onto a steel waste chute, then slid an additional 10 feet to the bottom of the chute. He suffered a fractured pelvis and broken ribs, as well as a laceration above the eye. | |||||
2020-01-21 | Bearden | Arkansas | Bearden Lumber Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
A maintenance crew was working on a belt attached to a chip feeder with the guarding on. After the belt was fixed, the guarding was removed, signaling that the machine was again operational. The injured employee's hand was near the machine at the time, and when it came back on, the employee's hand was injured. A quarter of the bone in the left thumb was lost due to the injury. | |||||
2019-07-30 | Beardstown | Illinois | Swift Pork Company | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
On July 30, 2019, an employee was moving boxes onto a pallet when he felt a pinch in his lower left pelvic area. He was hospitalized due to a hernia. | |||||
2019-03-19 | Beardstown | Illinois | Swift Pork Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
At 11:10 a.m. on March 19, 2019, a janitor working near the loin saddle position on the main break of a cut floor suffered a right ring finger amputation when reaching to grab a hook that was caught in a conveyor. | |||||
2018-03-27 | Beardstown | Illinois | Caraustar Industries | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
On March 27, 2018, at approximately 7:30 AM, an employee noticed a piece of trim tangled up on a slitter and was in the process of clearing the machine when the blade cut him. He suffered a distal tip amputation of his left thumb. | |||||
2017-07-18 | Bearden | Arkansas | Bearden Lumber Co | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee was helping to change out a roller on a stacker when his right foot was smashed between two pieces of metal. The steel safety toe in his work boot then bent and amputated the tip of his right big toe. | |||||
2017-04-06 | Bear Creek | Wisconsin | GLK Foods, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
On April 6, 2017, an employee was cleaning a canning machine when the employee's right index fingertip contacted a rotating auger and was amputated. The machine was running and unguarded at the time. | |||||
2017-03-10 | Bearden | Arkansas | ANTHONY TIMBERLANDS, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was unjamming the sawdust feeder and amputated the left index and middle fingertips. | |||||
2016-10-21 | Bear | Delaware | Diamond Materials, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached |
An employee was helping to set a concrete lid weighing a couple hundred pounds for an electrical box in place. One end of a length of steel chain was attached to a steel loop (hasp) embedded in the concrete lid. The employee attempted to attach the other end of this chain to a steel loop (hasp) on the back (underside) of an excavator bucket when the excavator boom unexpectedly dropped, pinning the employee's right thumb between the bottom of the excavator bucket and the concrete lid. His right | |||||
2016-06-18 | Bearden | Arkansas | Anthony Timberlands Inc | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was performing his regular duties in the boiler room when a three-way valve malfunctioned and steam was released, causing second degree burns to the employee's right arm and side. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2016-04-22 | Bear | Delaware | ROCLA CONCRETE TIE, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was placing a bottom bar between forms on a module when his right index finger was caught and amputated in a pinch point between the leg of a material cart and the bottom bar. | |||||
2016-01-26 | Beardstown | Illinois | Swift Pork Company | Forearm(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was using a hook in his left hand to rotate a hog while holding a trim knife in his right hand. The knife punctured his left forearm between his wrist and elbow. | |||||
2016-01-05 | Beardstown | Illinois | Swift Pork Company | Hip(s) | Sudden start or stop, nonroadway |
An employee was operating a stand-up forklift when the forklift stopped suddenly and flung the employee off backwards. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left hip. | |||||
2015-09-21 | Beardstown | Illinois | International Casings Group, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
While he was searching for a missing knife on a gut slide in the casing department, an employee's finger got caught in the moving gut conveyor belt. His right middle finger was amputated. | |||||
2015-02-26 | Bearden | Arkansas | ANTHONY TIMBERLANDS, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
The employee was using a long board to push debris out of the conveyor, which was stopped up. The employee reached for a hand-hold and instead grabbed the conveyor. One of the 2' blocks of lumber and hit his thumb, resulting in an amputation. |