Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-08-10 | Berryville | Ar | Carroll Electric Cooperative Corporation | Multiple body parts | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
Two employees were felling a de-limbed, live tree. They attached a rope to the tree to help control the direction of fall and ensure nothing fell toward the road. As the tree was falling, it went off course and the two employees went separate ways. One of the employees went into the path of the falling tree, which hit the left side of his back and hip area. He broke his left femur, lumbar spine, left hip, and left leg. | |||||
2020-01-03 | Berryville | Arkansas | Mercy Hospital | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was closing a kitchen drawer. The drawer caught her left index finger. | |||||
2018-07-17 | Berryville | Arkansas | Cedar Creek, LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was removing lumber from the flatbed of a trailer when he slipped on lumber and fell about 4 feet off the trailer bed. He broke three ribs and one of the ribs punctured his lungs, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2018-02-13 | Berryville | Arkansas | Tyson Foods, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning batter from a conveyor hopper and amputated the distal end of the left ring finger when it was caught in a pinch point between the belt and a metal guard on the conveyor. The machine was operating and was not locked out at the time. | |||||
2017-03-06 | Berryville | Arkansas | TYSON FOODS INC. | Head, neck, and trunk | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
The employee had just started the Clean In Place (CIP) process on an oven in the further processing area. After the CIP process had been started, the employee added additional caustic to the solution. This caused the CIP solution to splash onto the employee's face and chest. The employee was hospitalized for chemical burns to the face, throat, and upper chest. | |||||
2016-08-09 | Berryville | Arkansas | Carroll Electric Cooperative Corporation | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee had some cramping in his right shoulder and passed out for approximately 2 to 3 minutes possibly due to heat stress. | |||||
2015-06-24 | Berryville | Arkansas | MILLER PIPELINE CORPORATION | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was working outside on a very hot day, helping another employee pull 4-inch coiled plastic pipe off a trailer when he started feeling sick, vomiting, and experiencing muscle cramps. He was hospitalized for dehydration. |