Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-06-28 | Lake Village | Ar | EVERS ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC. | Hand(s) | Direct exposure to electricity |
Employees were tracing a line of a transformer to conduct repair after the transformer had been struck by lightning. The transformer was for an irrigation machine. Employees dug a ditch and found that there was another primary line which was damaged and not in use. The injured employee was checking this line with a low voltage meter. When he checked the second phase, an arc flash occurred. The employee was hospitalized with burns to his left hand. | |||||
2020-09-06 | Lake Village | Ar | Bertucci Contracting Corporation | Hand(s) | Fall or jump from water vehicle |
On 9/06/2020, a spud barge with an excavator was tied to a deck barge by two steel cables around timber heads, one forward and one aft. As the excavator was removing rock from the deck barge, the deck barge began to sway, creating more tension on the aft cable. At 1:00 PM, the cable slipped over a timber head on the spud barge, released, and struck an employee on the spud barge and propelled them overboard. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to the left hand. | |||||
2020-02-07 | Lake Villa | Illinois | All Seasons Insulation, Inc. | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was grabbing some insulation. Its weight shifted, causing the work knife in his hand to lacerate his stomach. | |||||
2019-04-11 | Lake Village | Arkansas | Epstein Land Co. | Upper and lower limb(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was working on a rail car ladder, 8-10 feet off the ground, putting a tarp on the rail car. A strong gust of wind blew the tarp, causing the employee to lose his footing. He fell from the ladder to the ground, breaking his right leg and right elbow. | |||||
2015-07-29 | Lake Village | Arkansas | Labor Ready | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee helping with drywall construction became overheated, felt dizzy, and had a light headache. He was hospitalized overnight and given fluids. |