Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-02-01 | Dewitt | Ar | Industrial Ironworks dba Adams Fertilizer Equipment | Multiple body parts | Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source |
An employee was building frames and welding metal square tubing. The employee had just completed welding one side of a frame and turned to re-position to do the other side. He leaned onto the hot metal and the back of his jacket caught on fire. The employee was hospitalized with burns on his back, an arm, and the right side of his chest. | |||||
2019-06-11 | Dewitt | Arkansas | Belleville Shoe South, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On June 11, 2019, an employee was using a powered press to heat-press leather sheets together. The machine crushed the employee's left ring finger as it closed. The finger was surgically amputated. | |||||
2017-02-10 | Dewitt | Arkansas | Industrial Iron Works, Inc. | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was using chains to tighten a forklift onto a truck when a chain broke and struck the employee's leg. The employee was hospitalized with a tibia fracture, talus fracture, and lateral malleolus fracture. |