| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-07-10 | Pine Bluff | Ar | W & A Manufacturing Company, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| At about 8:00 a.m. on July 10, 2021, an employee was putting product into a brake press. The machine was engaged while his right hand was in the point of operation resulting in finger fractures. He was hospitalized, undergoing surgery. | |||||
| 2021-06-22 | Pine Bluff | Ar | Hugg and Hall Mobile Storage | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was chaining a container on a trailer. His left middle finger was caught between the trailer and the chain. The fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2021-05-30 | Pine Bluff | Ar | Evergreen Packaging | Pelvis | Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle |
| Four employees were pushing a roll of paper on the paper machine winder deck to clear a conveyor for two defective rolls. They lost control of the roll and it struck one employee resulting in a fractured pelvis that required surgery. | |||||
| 2021-05-03 | Pine Bluff | Ar | Planters Cotton Oil Mill | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was using a metal rod to unclog an auger system that had clogged with cotton lint. The machine caught the rod and crushed his right middle finger. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-04-25 | Pine Bluff | Ar | Calpine Corporation | Multiple body parts | Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids |
| On April 25, 2021, at 8:56 AM, natural gas pressure increased at the fuel skids which activated one of the pressure safety valves. An employee was dispatched to shut off the gas supply remotely. Natural gas discharged from the PSV and accumulated in four adjacent enclosures that house operating equipment. The gas vapors ignited and an explosion occurred. The employee was burned on both arms and hands, their face, and lower torso. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-10-02 | Pine Bluff | Ar | Evergreen Packaging, LLC | Lower leg(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was clearing a jam in front of the wood sorter gate before the chipper in-feed conveyor. The jammed wood had pushed the sorter gate up to nearly the full-open position. The employee attached a chain-fall to one of the jammed logs. As the log was raised, the rest of the jam was relieved and fell on the conveyor below. The sorter gate then closed on the employee's right leg crushing it between the gate, a piece of wood and the surrounding frame. The employee's lower right leg was fract | |||||
| 2020-09-05 | Pine Bluff | Ar | TYSON FOODS, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was manually adjusting a block of frozen product on a conveyor, when his right middle finger was caught between the block and the frame causing a fracture and laceration to his right middle finger that required surgery. | |||||
| 2020-08-05 | Pine Bluff | Ar | Kiswire Pine Bluff, Inc. | Brain | Fall on same level |
| An employee collapsed and fell, striking his head on the concrete floor. | |||||
| 2020-05-29 | Pine Bluff | Arkansas | Evergreen Packaging, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was working at a paper winder. He taped the paper to the core and it began to tear. While he was trying to grab the tail of the paper, the winder grabbed his right-hand fingers and pulled his hand in. He suffered fractures to his middle and ring fingers. | |||||
| 2020-05-07 | Pine Bluff | Arkansas | Twin Rivers Paper Company | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was changing out a paper roll set on a winder. The core chucks were being retracted, and he was clearing a piece of paper from them when the tip of his left index finger was caught in the wedge hole. As the chuck retracted into the outer cylinder, about a centimeter of the fingertip was sheared off. | |||||
| 2019-08-05 | Pine Bluff | Arkansas | TYSON FOODS, INC. | Foot (feet) and ankle(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was driving a standup forklift to transfer a pallet from the production area to a warehouse. The forklift veered off course and struck a concrete wall. The employee’s left foot was caught between the forklift and the wall. He sustained a fractured left foot and ankle. | |||||
| 2019-07-17 | Pine Bluff | Arkansas | Highland Pellets, LLC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was changing a die inside the pellet mill of a press. The employee was using a torque wrench to tighten the inner bolts, applying pressure in a downward motion, when the wrench either gave way, or reached the desired amount of torque and completed its designed function to break loose. The employee's right thumb was caught between the wrench handle and a piece of adjacent equipment (the aspiration line) resulting in an amputation to the right thumb. | |||||
| 2019-07-07 | Pine Bluff | Arkansas | EVERGREEN PACKAGING | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee suffered heat illness (vomiting, cramps, and dizziness) while slabbing cores. | |||||
| 2019-03-26 | Pine Bluff | Arkansas | WESTERN FOODS | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was helping to load a rice tote on a railcar. He was near the edge of the platform when he fell off the platform (2 feet) and broke his femur. | |||||
| 2019-03-21 | Pine Bluff | Arkansas | PLANTERS COTTON OIL MILL, INC. | Multiple upper extremities locations | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee working next to the filter house was blowing down a fan slab under the filter house hopper when his jacket sleeve became tangled in a rotating shaft, pulling his left arm into the shaft. He suffered a mangled left hand, wrist, and forearm. | |||||
| 2019-02-24 | Pine Bluff | Arkansas | Evergreen Packaging, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| After a chipper knife change in the wood yard, employees were rotating the chipper disk to measure the knife clearances. To perform the measurements, the chipper disk is manually rotated to each knife location. To rotate the chipper disk, the injured employee placed his right foot on the card breaker for leverage. The employee's foot slipped and was caught between the card breaker and the feed chute resulting in an avulsion to the top of the foot and two fractured toes. The employee was hospital | |||||
| 2018-08-18 | Pine Bluff | Arkansas | Hoover Treated Wood Products | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was cutting plastic bands on a bundle of 36 sheets of plywood that was suspended about 3 to 4 inches on another bundle placed on a rail tram. The employee was standing on the ground while cutting the bands. A forklift driver moved the forklift and the plywood shifted. About 10 to 12 sheets fell onto the employee, causing him to sustain three fractures on the right leg and right ankle. | |||||
| 2018-08-16 | Pine Bluff | Arkansas | Twin Rivers Paper Company | Leg(s) | Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
| An employee operating a 30-ton mobile crane was backing out down a hill when the brakes felt like they were not working, so the employee opened the door and exited the crane. He jumped approximately 6 feet and fell on his right leg at an odd angle, breaking it. | |||||
| 2018-08-07 | Pine Bluff | Arkansas | Cranford Construction Company | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was hospitalized for dehydration after performing highway construction. | |||||
| 2018-06-14 | Pine Bluff | Arkansas | AGRODEVIATE, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was trying to flatten a 1-inch by 12-inch piece of metal when it broke in half and struck his left middle finger, resulting in a surgical amputation to the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2018-05-20 | Pine Bluff | Arkansas | Evergreen Packaging, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Trip without fall, n.e.c. |
| An employee was cleaning poly from the edge of the pressure roll on an extruder. The employee tripped and caught his hand in a nip point as he tried to brace himself. The Injury resulted in a partial amputation of two fingers and a de-gloving injury to two other fingers. | |||||
| 2018-05-17 | Pine Bluff | Arkansas | Planters Cotton Oil Mill | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was changing out the saw cylinder on a de-linter machine when a helper accidentally bumped the hydraulic lever that controls the door. The door closed on the employee's right index finger, causing deep lacerations that required surgery and hospitalization. | |||||
| 2018-05-03 | Pine Bluff | Arkansas | CENTRAL MOLONEY, INC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was clearing a jam on a shearing machine when the machine actuated via the foot pedal. The employee's left index finger was in the point of operation and was amputated between the first and second knuckle. | |||||
| 2018-03-15 | Pine Bluff | Arkansas | Summit Poultry | Foot (feet) and ankle(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was one of several workers moving a large motor when the motor slipped and pinned the employee's foot against a wall. The employee sustained several broken bones in the left foot and ankle. | |||||
| 2018-03-11 | Pine Bluff | Arkansas | Planters Cotton Oil Mill Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| A temporary employee was cleaning the discharge chute on a seed cleaner when his hand came into contact with the moving chain, lacerating his right index and middle fingers and fracturing his index finger. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-02-09 | Pine Bluff | Arkansas | JB Hunt Transport, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Pedestrian vehicular incident |
| An employee was exiting his truck when he was struck by an oncoming vehicle. He was knocked to the ground and sustained a fractured right fibula, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-09-12 | Pine Bluff | Arkansas | Evergreen Packaging | Multiple lower extremities locations | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| The employees were bringing the paper machine back online. The waste paper stock went into the overflow chest to be returned to pulp. An employee went out to observe the overflow from the chest in the street to make sure the sewer drain did not clog. As the employee was standing by the sewer drain, the condensate tank released to the same area. The condensate, mixed with the product from the overflow chest, caused the product level at the curb to rise over and into the employee's boots burning h | |||||
| 2017-09-07 | Pine Bluff | Arkansas | PINE BLUFF ARSENAL | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was working at a station that packs parachutes into canisters. The hydraulic ram on the parachute packing machine initiated out of sequence, catching the employee's glove. She was able to extract her hand from the glove, but not before the end of the ram entered the canister and amputated her right middle fingertip. | |||||
| 2017-08-31 | Pine Bluff | Arkansas | Kiswire Pine Bluff, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| A temporary employee was pushing a metal cart that was filled with wire when his left ring finger was lacerated and crushed in a pinch point between the cart and an adjacent sine drawing machine. He required surgery. | |||||
| 2017-07-13 | Pine Bluff | Arkansas | Evergreen Packaging Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was removing a fitting roll device from a calendar machine. The device came off with unexpected force and struck his left fifth finger against a guardrail, fracturing and lacerating it. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2017-06-13 | Pine Bluff | Arkansas | Kiswire Pine Bluff, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was showing a coworker how to flip an empty spool (3ft by 1ft). The spool was on the tip of his steel-toe boot when it slipped off and fell on his right hand, lacerating it and breaking his right middle finger. | |||||
| 2017-05-01 | Pine Bluff | Arkansas | Evergreen Packaging | Pelvis | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| Employees were moving calendar rolls around in the roll storage area of a deep well. The injured employee was walking between a suspended roll and a roll on the ground when a crane operator changed the direction of travel to avoid striking an adjacent roll. This change of direction caused the suspended roll to pin the employee between the suspended roll and another roll, fracturing his pelvis. | |||||
| 2017-03-23 | Pine Bluff | Arkansas | Rineco Chemical Industries Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was inspecting his 18-wheeler while it was parked on a truck weigh scale. The employee was climbing in or out of the tractor when his foot was caught on the scale railing, causing him to fall to the ground and fracture his tibia/fibula. He required hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
| 2016-08-17 | Pine Bluff | Arkansas | EVERGREEN PACKAGING, INC. | Leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was loading paper onto a railcar. He had a clamp truck loaded with two rolls of paper suspended approximately 24 inches on a dock plate from the railcar floor. The top roll of paper slipped off the clamp truck and hit the employee on his lower left leg, breaking it. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2016-08-01 | Pine Bluff | Arkansas | TYSON FOODS, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
| An employee was retrieving items from a car when the door closed on his left index finger, amputating it below the nail. | |||||
| 2016-04-06 | Pine Bluff | Arkansas | TURNER INDUSTRIES GROUP, LLC | Multiple body parts | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| An employee was replacing a blow valve on a digester. The line was broken and was open for 15 minutes. When the employee returned to remove the two remaining bolts on the right side of the valve, the employee was exposed to black liquor from the paper processing line. The liquor came down and burned the employee's abdomen, left thigh, and both arms. | |||||
| 2016-02-22 | Pine Bluff | Arkansas | Berenfield Containers Ltd | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| While an employee was adjusting a press die, the embossment press cycled and crushed his forearm in the point of operation. | |||||
| 2016-01-29 | Pine Bluff | Arkansas | KIRBY SPECIALITIES CORPORATION | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport, n.e.c. |
| Employees were removing equipment and debris from a roof. The Skytrak was raised for equipment and debris to be placed on the forks. The injured employee grabbed the forks. The forks came down while the employee was holding on to them and smashed his left hand fingers between the forks and the catwalk. | |||||
| 2016-01-17 | Pine Bluff | Arkansas | Central Moloney Inc | Thigh(s) | Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was injured on January 13, 2016, while adjusting a three-phase unit that was loaded onto a conveyor. A piece of the welding wire grazed her right thigh. An infection developed in the thigh that later required inpatient hospitalization. | |||||
| 2016-01-13 | Pine Bluff | Arkansas | EVERGREEN PACKAGING | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee threading a calendar stack in a paper machine attempted to clear wrap that had wrapped around the stack. The employee's left hand got caught in a nip point, amputating the pinky finger and partially amputating the ring finger. | |||||
| 2016-01-11 | Pine Bluff | Arkansas | Correct Care Solutions, LLC | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee walking down steps in a cell block lost their footing and fell, suffering a broken right leg. | |||||
| 2016-01-05 | Pine Bluff | Arkansas | Packers Sanitation Services Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee slipped and fell while cleaning the batter conveyor with a green scrubbing pad. His right index finger got caught in and was partially amputated by a sprocket on the conveyor belt drive train. | |||||
| 2015-09-22 | Pine Bluff | Arkansas | Thompson Construction Services, LLC | Thigh(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was standing on a pallet holding an accumulator (equipment) in place while waiting for another employee to pick it up with a forklift. The employee standing on the pallet stepped in between the gaps of the pallet and fell down causing the equipment to fall on his right leg and fracture the femur. | |||||
| 2015-09-03 | Pine Bluff | Arkansas | Evergreen Packaging | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee had just finished repairing the chip mill saw. While walking on the metal decking, he tripped on saw dust, hit the decking, and fractured his left femur bone. | |||||
| 2015-08-04 | Pine Bluff | Arkansas | Ashley Distribution Services | Hip(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee was standing on the floor of a trailer and pulling a piece of furniture. The employee lost his footing and fell to the floor of the trailer. He was unable to get back up and was hospitalized with a hip fracture. | |||||
| 2015-07-29 | Pine Bluff | Arkansas | Baldwin & Shell | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was hospitalized overnight for heat exhaustion/dehydration. | |||||
| 2015-05-12 | Pine Bluff | Arkansas | Pine Bluff Arsenal | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping |
| An employee slipped on the step of the tractor trailer delivery truck and struck his right knee on the step. He was hospitalized for surgery. | |||||
| 2015-03-31 | Pine Bluff | Arkansas | CENTRAL MOLONEY, INC. | Nonclassifiable | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee's shirt got caught on the coil winder, pulling her into the machine. She was not wearing her apron at the time. | |||||
| 2015-02-10 | Pine Bluff | Arkansas | MONDI BAGS USA, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| Employee was working on the No. 2 sew line machine when a paper jam occurred. The employee went around the machine guard and caught his right hand in a pinch point amputating his pinky finger. He was taken to Jefferson Regional Medical Center. | |||||
| 2015-01-26 | Pine Bluff | Arkansas | TYSON FOODS, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| A positive displacement pump that marinates chicken was clogged. An employee removed the hose that was secured with a clamp and stuck his finger into the pump. The impellers on the pump amputated the tip of the employee's finger. | |||||