| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-26 | West Memphis | Ar | Cincinnati Incorporated | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was replacing springs in a counter balance unit on a shear machine when something shifted in the machine and his left hand was caught in the machine, resulting in amputation of the left ring fingertip. | |||||
| 2021-09-02 | West Memphis | Ar | FAMILY DOLLAR DISTRIBUTION CENTER | Leg(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was mounting a tugger and engaged the throttle. The tugger spun backward in a circle and pinned her left leg against a short beam and desk which resulted in fractures to the leg. | |||||
| 2021-08-18 | Memphis | Tn | U.S. Postal Service | Multiple arm locations | Other animal bites, nonvenomous |
| An employee had just delivered mail to a house and was going down the steps when two dogs came out of the house and attacked her. One of the dogs jumped at her and bit her right arm while she lay on the ground. She suffered severe puncture and bite wounds to the forearm and biceps area. | |||||
| 2021-07-15 | West Memphis | Ar | Qualiwash Holdings | Multiple body parts | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| An employee was preparing to clean a chemical tanker when a pressure release occurred, spraying the employee with acrylic acid and resulting in chemical burns to their legs and abdomen. | |||||
| 2021-03-03 | West Memphis | Ar | F&M MAFCO, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was removing a track bolt on a crane using a pry bar and a wrench. As he loosened the wrench, the pry bar slipped, causing the chain to fall and pinch the employee's left thumb between the chain and the bolt. The employee sustained an amputation to the left thumb tip. | |||||
| 2020-06-08 | West Memphis | Arkansas | Family Dollar Stores, Inc. | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee drove a forklift into the aerosol room with a pallet of product on the forks. She drove down the back driveway to the aisle of racking she needed to turn into. The forklift drove through salt brine that was on the floor and slid into a concrete bollard at the end of that aisle. The employee's left foot got caught between the bollard and the forklift. The employee was hospitalized with four broken toes and a laceration to the left foot. | |||||
| 2020-01-14 | West Memphis | Arkansas | Dollar Tree, Inc. | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was struck by a falling pallet of cat food that a forklift operator pushed off an overhead rack. The employee suffered a fractured C7 vertebra in the spine. | |||||
| 2019-08-14 | West Memphis | Arkansas | West Memphis Steel & Pipe, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was forming pieces of material at a press brake. Two fingers on his right hand were crushed between the material and the punch of the brake. | |||||
| 2019-04-26 | Memphis | Missouri | PRAIRIELAND FS INC. | Multiple face locations | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| An employee had been filling anhydrous tanks when a valve released anhydrous ammonia liquid and vapor. The employee's googles were blown away from their face and the employee sustained burns and blisters to the face, eyes, and mouth. | |||||
| 2019-03-20 | Memphis | Tennessee | A T & T | Pelvis | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee slipped and fell from a ladder to the walking surface, suffering a broken pelvis. | |||||
| 2019-01-29 | Memphis | Tennessee | U S Postal Service | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was descending stairs while carrying a flat mail tray when the employee missed the last two steps. The employee fell and fractured an ankle. The handrail was not used at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2019-01-28 | Memphis | Tennessee | U.S. Postal Service | Brain | Transportation incident |
| An employee was riding a maintenance tricycle in the facility when he fell from the tricycle, striking the back of his head on the concrete floor. | |||||
| 2018-05-29 | West Memphis | Arkansas | Langston Companies, Inc | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was troubleshooting a sewing machine's feeder belt that was not moving when his right ring and middle fingers went between the belt and the pulley and the machine started, amputating his right ring fingertip. The machine was not locked/tagged out at the time. | |||||
| 2018-01-09 | West Memphis | Arkansas | CS3 Inc. | Face | Explosion, n.e.c. |
| An employee was standing on a 6-foot ladder making repairs to an approximately 25' tall x 10' wide x 15' deep air rotation unit when an explosion occurred and knocked him from the ladder. Flames erupted from the unit, causing third degree burns to his face. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2017-10-05 | West Memphis | Arkansas | Miya Masonry | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet |
| An employee was coming down a crank-up scaffold when he fell approximately 25 feet to the sandy ground below. He broke his upper back shoulder bone and some ribs. | |||||
| 2017-09-12 | Memphis | Tennessee | Ellis Processing & Material Handling LLC | Head | Struck by object or equipment |
| Employees were unloading a barge into a charge truck on the scrap dock. The crane operator was stepping out of the cab to relay a message to a dockhand. When he returned to the cab of the crane his shirt caught on one of the joysticks and pulled the grapple toward the machine. The grapple struck the charge truck driver resulting in a head laceration and contusion resulting in hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-01-09 | West Memphis | Arkansas | Americold Logistics | Wrist(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee was working on a dock when she stepped out from between two pallets and was struck by a clamp truck. She was knocked to the ground and suffered a compound fracture to her left wrist. | |||||
| 2016-08-25 | Memphis | Tennessee | U.S. Postal Service | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was on the street delivering mail when she reported numbness in her hands due to heat-related illness. | |||||
| 2016-08-02 | West Memphis | Arkansas | Stateside Steel & Wire, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was pinning fence material together when he began experiencing cramps. He was hospitalized with a heat injury. | |||||
| 2016-07-18 | Memphis | Tennessee | U.S. Postal Service | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee left work not feeling well and was later admitted into the hospital for a heat related illness. | |||||
| 2016-05-02 | West Memphis | Arkansas | ROBERT BOSCH TOOL CORPORATION | Lower leg(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was picking up materials from the work floor with a forklift and lost control. The forklift went beneath a gravity conveyor machine catching his lower left leg between the forklift and the gravity conveyor machine causing bruises. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2016-02-01 | West Memphis | Arkansas | Stateside Steel & Wire, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was adjusting the weaving machine, which was de-energized, when his right pinky finger was caught in the sector gear. His fingertip was amputated (no bone loss). | |||||
| 2015-10-07 | West Memphis | Arkansas | AMERICOLD LOGISTICS | Lower leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee was picking frozen product from a freezer and placing it on a pallet. The employee was stuck by a coworker operating a lift truck, and his leg got pinned between the lift truck and the pallet. He suffered a lower left leg fracture, requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2015-09-24 | Memphis | Tennessee | U.S. POSTAL SERVICE | Lower leg(s) | Other animal bites, nonvenomous |
| An employee's right calf was bitten by a dog while delivering mail to a residence. | |||||
| 2015-08-09 | Memphis | Tennessee | U.S. Postal Service | Hip(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| The employee was supervising the outbound dock. A PIT operator passed by her towing two over the road (OTR) containers. As the PIT passed, the door of one of the OTRs came open and hit another OTR that was staged near where the employee was standing. That OTR struck the employee causing her to fall to the floor and fracture her hip. | |||||
| 2015-07-29 | Memphis | Tennessee | U.S. Postal Service | Hip(s) | Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode |
| An employee was delivering a package to the door of a residence. When he walked up the steps of the residence, he felt something pop in his hip. He sustained a hairline fracture on the neck of his hip and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-06-25 | Memphis | Tennessee | CORPS OF ENGINEERS | Wrist(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| On or about June 25, 2015, an employee working at the Army Corp of Engineers Ensley Engineering Yard located at 2915 Riverport Rd in Memphis, Tennessee, was injured and hospitalized. The employee was operating a forklift to move an air conditioning unit up a ramp when it began to fall backwards. The employee was injured when he was caught between the forklift and the wall of the dry dock, resulting in a severe laceration to his left wrist. | |||||
| 2015-05-26 | West Memphis | Arkansas | Labor Force | Hand(s) and arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| Employee was roll forming steel when his left hand and arm were caught in the rollers. Employee underwent emergency surgery and was hospitalized overnight. | |||||
| 2015-03-07 | West Memphis | Arkansas | Brimhall Food Company Inc | Nonclassifiable | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| The employee slipped on ice and fell while working in the loading and receiving area of the store. | |||||