| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-02 | El Dorado | Ar | ERC General Contracting | Hand(s) | Struck by shifting load during transport, nonroadway |
| An employee was transporting a trunnion from a kiln on a forklift when the trunnion rolled off. He stopped the forklift and went to stop the rolling trunnion. The trunnion rolled onto his right hand causing crushing injuries. | |||||
| 2021-08-01 | El Dorado | Ks | Walmart Supercenter | Leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was leaving a building through a roll-up door. After she lifted it to go out, the bracket on the wall that held the spring for the door broke. The door came down on her leg and fractured it. She was hospitalized and required surgery. | |||||
| 2021-07-02 | El Dorado | Ks | Albert Hogoboom Oil Field Trucking | Multiple face locations | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| An employee was getting a tarp crank handle out of the way by pushing the handle behind the ledge of a roll-off box. He then turned to pick up a chain that was on the ground to hook to the box. Tension on the handle caused it to release and hit the employee in the head/face. He was hospitalized with a forehead contusion and a laceration to the bridge of the nose. | |||||
| 2021-05-12 | El Dorado | Ar | Petrin LLC | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
| On 05/12/2021, at approximately 8:52 AM, an employee of Petrin Corp. was on an elevated, grated platform at a chemical plant replacing a removable barricade with a hard barricade when he tripped, lost balance, and fell approximately 20 feet. The employee sustained fractures to a hip, the right arm, and the right wrist. | |||||
| 2021-04-12 | El Dorado | Ar | Clean Harbors El Dorado, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to other harmful substances |
| An employee was cleaning a water vessel that contained waste including hydrogen cyanide. The employee was exposed to the hydrogen cyanide and became disoriented. | |||||
| 2021-04-07 | El Dorado | Ar | El Dorado Chemical Company | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was loading product when their right arm became caught in the conveyor and was amputated at the shoulder. | |||||
| 2021-04-07 | El Dorado | Ar | Roseburg Forest Products | Leg(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was clearing sawdust from a framework. The employee kicked a pile of sawdust next to a conveyor roller and the employee's pant leg was caught in the roller. The employee sustained two right leg fractures that required surgery. | |||||
| 2021-04-07 | El Dorado | Ks | Flinthills Services, Inc. | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee tripped while turning to walk away from a sink. She fell, suffering a broken femur. | |||||
| 2021-02-27 | El Dorado | Ar | LION OIL COMPANY, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
| Employees were preparing a unit for turn-around and chemical cleaning. There was a release of un-hydrotreated naphtha that resulted in a fire. Six employees sustained burns and were hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-10-10 | El Dorado | Ar | Clean Harbors Environmental | Multiple body parts | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
| An employee had been pulling samples from drums, placing them in jars, and placing them in the lab for testing. He headed to lunch, then returned and began to work in the lab under the lab hood. When he opened a jar, there was a flash fire and chemicals splashed onto him. He suffered burns to the neck, chest, left hand, and wrist and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-10-08 | El Dorado | Ar | MJB Precision Wood Arkansas, LLC. | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was cutting boxes open with a box cutter. The box cutter sliced off the tip of one of the employee's fingers. | |||||
| 2020-10-01 | El Dorado | Ar | MJB Precision Wood Arkansas, LLC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was sorting wood as it came out of a sizing machine. While removing a stuck piece of wood, the employee's hand was pulled into the running machine. The middle and ring fingers were partially amputated and the left pinky finger was fractured. | |||||
| 2020-08-12 | El Dorado | Ar | SINDLE TRUCKING, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| An employee lifting a loaded trailer of sulfuric acid sustained chemical burns on his back after coming into contact with sulfuric acid that had leaked from the trailer. | |||||
| 2020-04-06 | El Dorado | Arkansas | Canfor Southern Pine | Thigh(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee was carrying work materials towards a lumber bundle. While walking, the employee was struck by a forklift that was traveling towards the lumber bundle. The employee was hospitalized with a broken left femur. | |||||
| 2020-03-11 | El Dorado | Kansas | Raschig USA | Wrist(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was loading a plastic applicator machine. A roller caught the employee's clothing and pulled the employee's left wrist into the applicator, where it was crushed and broken. | |||||
| 2019-08-20 | El Dorado | Kansas | Brandsafway LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was helping to assemble scaffolding near a fluidized catalytic cracker at a refinery. He began having heat-exposure-related symptoms. He was hospitalized and treated for low electrolytes and dehydration. | |||||
| 2019-02-07 | El Dorado | Arkansas | FLYNCO CONSTRUCTION, INC. | Lower leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was on a roof, putting material near a chimney for work later that day. He slipped and fell off the roof, injuring his left lower leg above the ankle. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-06-27 | El Dorado | Kansas | PIONEER BALLOON INC. | Forearm(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee lacerated their forearm while using a boot knife to cut tape from the trim puller. | |||||
| 2018-06-26 | El Dorado | Arkansas | Conifex El Dorado, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was cleaning up saw dust with compressed air when the air hose became entangled in the batten saw guide chain table, pulling it into the saw box. The employee shut down the chain table, reached for the hose inside the saw box, and contacted the saw blade, suffering lacerations and broken bones to the right ring and middle fingers. The saw was still energized at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2018-06-04 | El Dorado | Arkansas | Canfor Southern Pine | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was installing a new side head grinder on a planer machine. He was attempting to straighten the alignment of the machine's lifting shaft when the grinder freed from its position, dropped, and trapped the employee's left middle finger between the lifting shaft and a bolt head. His left middle finger was crushed, and the end joint was amputated. | |||||
| 2018-01-22 | El Dorado | Arkansas | Conifex El Dorado Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was using a pick-axe to unjam lumber (approximately 192 lbs.) from a machine when the lumber slipped and pinned his left pinky finger between the edge of the board and another board. His finger was pinched off below the fingernail. | |||||
| 2017-09-25 | El Dorado | Arkansas | Canfor Southern Pine | Multiple body parts | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was loading wooden beams onto a trailer when one of the beams fell from the bed of the trailer and struck the employee. The employee fell with the beam on top of him resulting in a fractured pelvis and other lower extremities fractures. | |||||
| 2017-07-26 | El Dorado | Arkansas | Chicago Bridge and Iron | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| While moving pipes with an overhead crane, an employee became weak, dizzy, and lightheaded from heat exposure, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-07-19 | El Dorado | Arkansas | UPS | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| On July 19, 2017, an employee had loaded a truck and was driving a delivery route when he was overcome by heat and passed out. He was hospitalized overnight for heat exhaustion. | |||||
| 2016-09-07 | El Dorado | Arkansas | Del Tin Fiber, Inc. | Hand(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was on a scissor lift, breaking loose a 4-inch blow pipe at the flanges. A forklift was holding up the line and as the employee removed the bolts to the spool piece, the line dropped and smashed his finger between the flanges he had unbolted and the flanges of the pipe below. The forklift raised the pipe and when the employee moved his hand back and he suffered an amputation. | |||||
| 2016-08-12 | El Dorado | Arkansas | Lion Oil Company | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was moving a 55-gallon drum off a tommy-lift to a pickup truck. The employee tilted the drum back to roll it off the lift and released the drum. The drum pinched the employee's left pinky finger between the other drum, amputating the fingertip. | |||||
| 2016-07-12 | El Dorado | Arkansas | Johnson Employer Support Services, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was performing framework in high temperatures and was hospitalized for dehydration. | |||||
| 2016-05-12 | El Dorado | Arkansas | Burton's H & H Maintenance | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was holding the end of a cross tie to load it into a backhoe bucket when his right index finger was smashed between the cross tie and bucket, amputating his fingertip. | |||||
| 2015-11-12 | El Dorado | Arkansas | Systems Fab & Machine, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was showing a supervisor something on a punch press die when his foot hit the foot pedal. The press cycled and caught the employees' left index finger, which was amputated. | |||||
| 2015-10-09 | El Dorado | Arkansas | Murphy Oil USA | Wrist(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| The company was having a United Way rally which was done once per year. They were performing a treasure hunt and the employee was going from one station to another. As the employee crossed the gravel parking lot, the employee slipped and fell breaking the right wrist. | |||||
| 2015-04-03 | El Dorado | Arkansas | Anthony Forest Products Company | Lower leg(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle, n.e.c. |
| An employee had finished unjamming logs in the log deck when he asked a coworker to use a log turner on the logs. The area was not completely cleared when the coworker used the log turner. One of the logs escaped and rolled onto the employee, injuring his left knee, fracturing his left fibula, and lacerating his right elbow. | |||||
| 2015-03-24 | El Dorado | Arkansas | Walker Well Service | Foot (feet) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was operating the elevators and tongs to run pipe out of the hole when the drilling line broke. The block fell and struck his foot. | |||||
| 2015-02-28 | El Dorado | Arkansas | CBS Piling Solutions, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached |
| The employee helped finish installing deep foundation and began disassembling equipment at the site. While dismantling the crane, the employee used a hammer to knock a pin from a boom to disassemble it. The boom fell on the employee, resulting in an in-patient hospitalization and injuries to the wrist, both ankles, and the leg, as well as a possible back injury. | |||||
| 2015-02-27 | El Dorado | Arkansas | Advantage Staffing | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| The employee was operating a 6-inch vacuum hose in a sump. The hose kicked back, knocking the employee to the floor. He broke three bones in his right ankle. The employee was hospitalized overnight and required surgery. | |||||
| 2015-02-20 | El Dorado | Arkansas | Mobley Industrial Services-Arkansas, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| Employee was operating a stomp shear with a co-worker. The employee was inserting some metal into the shear to be cut when his fingers slipped into the machine as the co-worker activated the stomp shear. | |||||
| 2015-01-04 | El Dorado | Arkansas | Lion Oil Company | Multiple body parts | Exposure to harmful substances or environments |
| Employee was burned from his knees up to his lower abdomen after removing the strainer for maintenance on the Scott Unit. | |||||