| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-12 | Osceola | Ar | Mid-River Terminal LLC | Fingertip(s) | Entangled in other object or equipment |
| An employee was holding a tag line when their right little finger was entangled in the tag line, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2021-07-22 | Osceola | Ar | Roehm America LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was clearing jammed material from a pelletizer with a rotating cutter. As he was removing uncut strands of acrylic from the guide tray, his left index finger was pinched between the two feed rolls of the pelletizer. The rotor blade then cut his finger, causing the amputation of the fingertip. | |||||
| 2021-06-13 | Osceola | Ar | VISKASE CORP. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was operating an extrusion machine when they passed out due to the heat. The employee was hospitalized for dehydration and kidney failure. | |||||
| 2021-06-09 | Osceola | Ar | Big River Steel, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was during utility work during the second shift, 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. At about 9:45 p.m., he began to feel hot and switched to light duty. At about 6:40 a.m., he felt ill and developed heat cramps. He was hospitalized, suffering from a heat-related illness. | |||||
| 2021-03-01 | Osceola | Wi | F&M Plastics, Inc. | Hand(s) and finger(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On March 1, 2021, an employee was feeding parts into a milling machine when his right hand and fingers were pulled into the machine, resulting in injuries that required surgery. | |||||
| 2021-01-08 | Osceola | Ar | Big River Steel, LLC | Hand(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle |
| Two employees were moving 12-inch-thick rolls of steel. While they were putting one of the rolls into place, it rolled back onto one employee's right hand, lacerating and breaking it. | |||||
| 2020-10-14 | Osceola | Ar | Big River Steel, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was removing a light fixture from a conduit. He was using a fixture clamp vise and ratchet set. The fixture shifted and amputated a quarter-inch of his left index fingertip. | |||||
| 2020-09-17 | Osceola | Ar | TELLING INDUSTRIES LLP | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was tying down a load on a flatbed trailer with binding straps. As he threw a strap across the load, he released the strap and lost balance. He fell to the ground, striking and fracturing his left hip. | |||||
| 2020-03-03 | Osceola | Arkansas | Roehm America LLC | Upper arm(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was changing a water filter for heated processed water. When the employee opened the filter, water splashed onto the inside portion of their upper right arm, causing a second degree burn. | |||||
| 2019-02-01 | Osceola | Arkansas | TELLING INDUSTRIES LLP | Leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was lifting a metal coil wrap. The coil fell off a cart and struck his left leg and foot. The employee sustained amputation of the left leg. | |||||
| 2018-08-06 | Osceola | Nebraska | Frontier COOP | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| Two employees were fixing leaking unions when an employee was struck by anhydrous ammonia that released from a pipe, suffering respiratory distress. | |||||
| 2018-04-20 | Osceola | Arkansas | HILL SERVICES INDUSTRIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Entangled in other object or equipment |
| An employee was holding a rope that was used to secure equipment when a second employee cut the rope from below. The rope then severed the first employee's right thumb. | |||||
| 2017-07-02 | Osceola | Arkansas | DEVER ELECTRIC, INC. | Wrist(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet |
| An employee was removing panels from a pre-existing roof when he fell 20 feet from the center of the roof to the concrete surface below, breaking his left wrist and severely bruising his pelvis. | |||||
| 2016-10-04 | Osceola | Arkansas | CACHE VALLEY ELECTRIC CO. | Brain | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| Two employees were installing a 25-foot, 1000-watt halide light onto anchor brackets using a forklift when the metal fixture broke at the knuckle, striking one employee in the head and the other in the back. The first employee was hospitalized with a head injury, and the second was hospitalized with fractured vertebrae. | |||||
| 2015-11-08 | Osceola | Wisconsin | Travel Centers of America | Nonclassifiable | Bitten and struck by animal |
| An employee went to empty the trash at a gas pump. When the employee lifted the trash lid, a stray cat jumped out of the trash can and scratched and bit the employee, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2015-09-18 | Osceola | Arkansas | AMERICAN GREETINGS CORPORATION | Foot (feet) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee fractured his left foot when it was caught between a concrete curb and the forklift he was operating. | |||||
| 2015-09-13 | Osceola | Arkansas | NRG ENERGY | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was descending a fixed ladder and lost his grip. He fell 10 feet to the ground below and fractured the left heel and L5 and L7 vertebrae. | |||||
| 2015-07-14 | Osceola | Arkansas | TELLING INDUSTRIES LLP | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was operating a table saw when the tip of his right thumb was severed by the blade. | |||||
| 2015-02-05 | Osceola | Wisconsin | Kapco Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| Employee's finger was amputated when caught in spot welder. | |||||