| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-06-19 | Mcgehee | Arkansas | Harvest Rice, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was operating a packaging machine when a jam occurred. As the employee was clearing plastic debris, the machine cycled causing its jaws to close on the employee's left hand. The employee’s left thumb was amputated at the base of the fingernail. | |||||
| 2020-05-25 | Mcgehee | Arkansas | Helena Agri-Enterprises, LLC | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet |
| An employee was on the roof of a fertilizer storage building, shoveling fertilizer that had spilled out through the hole in the roof. He slipped and fell down 20 feet of roof, then dropped 12 feet straight onto a trolley rail, then fell from the rail to the ground 18 inches below. The employee suffered three brain bleeds, a broken fractured left wrist, stomach injury, a kidney injury, a fractured eye socket, a pelvis fracture, a gash in the forehead (requiring stitches), and a cut that left skin | |||||
| 2020-01-10 | Mcgehee | Arkansas | HARVEST RICE, INC. | Ankle(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee had just climbed off a transfer truck (yard mule) and was walking towards the facility when a forklift struck the employee from behind. The employee suffered a fractured left ankle and lacerations to both knees. | |||||
| 2018-07-16 | Mcgehee | Arkansas | Harvest Rice Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was setting up a packaging machine. He tried to pull the packaging film between the machine's cutting jaws, which closed and amputated the tip of his left index finger. At the time of the incident, the machine's safety doors were closed and the safety switches were not activated. | |||||
| 2017-01-30 | Mcgehee | Arkansas | Harvest Rice Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was checking the rice bagging machine when his hand was caught in the jaws of the machine severing the left index finger at the first joint. | |||||
| 2016-09-28 | Mcgehee | Arkansas | McGehee Warehouse, LLC | Lower leg(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| Two employees were standing side by side attempting to make repairs when the kick-out bar engaged. The kick-out bar ran over the first employee's left foot and caught the second employee's leg between the bar and a bale. The first employee suffered two broken bones between the left knee and ankle. The second employee suffered a laceration and two broken bones in the left foot. They were both hospitalized. | |||||