| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-02 | Springdale | Oh | TREW, LLC | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was installing a conveyor belt. While he was under it, the conveyor roller pulled in his safety vest and left arm. The arm was broken. The employee was hospitalized, undergoing surgery. | |||||
| 2021-07-22 | Springdale | Ar | APAC-Central, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was shoveling dust and water around a baghouse. As the employee tried to clear a clog in a drain hole, an auger grabbed his right glove, amputating the middle finger at the first joint. | |||||
| 2021-07-21 | Springdale | Ar | KONE Elevators & Escalators | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee was troubleshooting a voltage switch on an elevator. His thumb was caught in a belt, resulting in an amputation. | |||||
| 2021-06-02 | Springdale | Ar | Frez-N-Stor Inc. | Thigh(s) | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
| The injured employee was driving a forklift when they were struck by the forks of a pallet jack. The employee suffered a broken right femur. | |||||
| 2021-03-17 | Springdale | Ar | Cargill, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was feeding product into a heart and liver machine. The machine amputated her right ring fingertip below the nailbed. | |||||
| 2021-03-08 | Springdale | Ar | George's Processing Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was performing maintenance on a pump when his finger was caught in the rotating pump, resulting in amputation of the distal phalanx of his right index finger. | |||||
| 2020-09-14 | Springdale | Ar | Tyson Poultry Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was on a ladder about 10 feet off the ground, trying to unclog a water mister. The mister began to spray water onto him; as he tried to close it off and avoid the water, his right hand was struck by a large box fan blade. He suffered an amputation to the little finger. | |||||
| 2020-08-18 | Springdale | Ar | ATC Roofing | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall through surface or existing opening 26 to 30 feet |
| An employee fell through a 48-inch opening in the roof where two panels had been removed and struck a shelving unit and then landed on the floor approximately 30 feet below. The employee suffered fractured ribs, a punctured lung, and a bruised liver. The employee was not tied off at the time. | |||||
| 2020-07-21 | Springdale | Arkansas | Rio Verde Framing LLC | Multiple trunk locations | Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet |
| An employee had been conducting framing work. The employee was laying plywood to a window opening and was leaning against the guardrail. The guardrail gave way and he fell from the third floor. He struck a beam on the second floor and landed between two concrete platforms in the grass. The employee sustained multiple injuries including a compressed fracture with retropulsion at the L2 vertebra, a pelvic fracture, and a non-displaced sacral alar fracture. | |||||
| 2020-05-12 | Springdale | Arkansas | Crete Carrier Corporation | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| A commercial driver was opening the doors of a trailer when a bundle of insulation fell out from the trailer, knocking the driver to the ground. The driver suffered injuries to multiple body parts (including rib and ankle fractures) and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-01-08 | Springdale | Arkansas | KAWNEER COMPANY, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| Two employees were repositioning an extrusion press's tail stretcher. The head stretcher was moved closer to the tail stretcher while one employee's right hand was on the material flow table. His little finger was pinched between the metal and the table, suffering an amputation. | |||||
| 2019-09-05 | Springdale | Arkansas | Fastening Solutions, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| An employee was operating a propane-powered forklift, started feeling dizzy, and was hospitalized for exposure to carbon monoxide. | |||||
| 2019-08-22 | Springdale | Arkansas | Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was removing tie-down straps from a trailer load of plastic pipe. When the tie-downs were removed, the pipe rolled off the trailer and struck the employee's left ankle, fracturing it. | |||||
| 2019-08-10 | Springdale | Arkansas | George's Further Processing | Multiple body parts | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
| A tractor-trailer driver had opened the rear trailer doors and returned to the tractor cab to back the trailer to the dock door. An employee entered the space between the back of the trailer and the edge of the dock. The trailer backed up, trapping the employee between the back of the trailer and the loading dock. The employee suffered a fractured left wrist, fractured pelvic/hip bone, and fractured sacrum. | |||||
| 2019-08-09 | Springdale | Arkansas | Tyson Foods | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee turned into a walkway between portion sizers at a poultry processing facility, carrying four or five tote liners. The employee slid on a small piece of chicken and fell to the floor, suffering a broken left hip. | |||||
| 2019-08-03 | Springdale | Pennsylvania | PPG | Nonclassifiable | Nonstructural fire, n.e.c. |
| While an employee was filling a drum/tote on the production floor, an e-cigarette that was in his pocket caught on fire. The employee sustained burns. | |||||
| 2019-06-18 | Springdale | Arkansas | Shine Solar LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee had been installing solar panels on a roof during the day. As he was installing the last two, his hands cramped up and he was removed from the roof. He then began to have whole-body cramps and he was hospitalized, suffering from heat stress. | |||||
| 2019-06-05 | Springdale | Arkansas | MWI Animal Health | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping |
| An employee was pulling a customer order. He was walking backwards from a storage rack when he tripped and fell on the floor. He sustained a fractured left hip. | |||||
| 2019-05-06 | Springdale | Arkansas | MULTI-CRAFT CONTRACTORS, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was cutting conduit with a battery-operated band saw. The band saw jammed and kicked back amputating the employee's left index finger to the nail bed. | |||||
| 2019-02-08 | Springdale | Arkansas | Great Southwestern Construction, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| The injured employee was assisting coworkers to set a fiberglass wall inside a trench. The injured employee had his hand on the wall when the wall shifted and pinched his finger between it and another section of already placed wall. His right middle finger was amputated behind the nail at the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2019-01-30 | Springdale | Arkansas | Cargill, Inc. | Multiple trunk locations | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was rotating pallets of product on a forklift when he tripped over racks in the distribution area and fell to the same level, injuring his pelvis and back. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-01-08 | Springdale | Arkansas | Kawneer Company Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker |
| An employee was maneuvering a steel transport cart next to a similar steel transport cart when his left fifth digit was pinched between the two carts, causing a laceration, fracture, and dislocation to the distal phalange. | |||||
| 2018-07-17 | Springdale | Arkansas | Multi-Craft Contractors, Inc. | Leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was fabricating a frame support for a shackle line. The frame detached and fell, hitting the employee's right leg above the ankle. The employee suffered a laceration and fracture to the leg and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-07-13 | Springdale | Pennsylvania | Jendoco Construction Corporation | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was working from a ladder that was 8 to 10 feet in height when he fell off the ladder, suffering brain bleeding, disorientation, and back fractures. | |||||
| 2018-05-03 | Springdale | Arkansas | Brunner and Lay | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was checking the tension on the roller chains on the back of a skew roll when his middle finger was caught between the sprocket and roller, lacerating it below the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2018-04-06 | Springdale | Arkansas | TYSON FOODS, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was trying to manually rotate a shackle that was turned in the wrong direction when his right hand was caught in the in-line shackle turner to his right, crushing his right index finger. He was hospitalized and had surgery. | |||||
| 2018-01-30 | Springdale | Arkansas | Cargill, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was rolling gizzards around peeler rollers when his left ring fingertip was caught in the roller, resulting in an amputation. | |||||
| 2018-01-27 | Springdale | Arkansas | Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning a piston-type vacuum pump attached to an extruder machine when his left glove was caught in the cylinder by the internal machine parts, resulting in an amputation to his left index fingertip. | |||||
| 2018-01-17 | Springdale | Arkansas | Georges Feed Mill | Multiple trunk locations | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was climbing the steps into his dump truck. When he reached the top step, which was frozen and slick, he fell approximately 4 feet to the ground and landed on his left side on a frozen rut. He lost consciousness and sustained several broken ribs, a broken T-10 disc, and a punctured left lung. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2017-08-23 | Springdale | Arkansas | MULTI-CRAFT CONTRACTORS, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was moving a portable welder from the back of a pick-up truck when his right ring fingertip and nail were amputated between the handle of the welder and the pipe rack. | |||||
| 2017-08-09 | Springdale | Arkansas | Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was unjamming a composite board from a cut-off machine when it engaged and came down on his right hand, fracturing and severely lacerating his index, middle, and ring fingers. The machine was guarded at the time. | |||||
| 2017-07-05 | Springdale | Arkansas | Tyson Foods Inc. | Brain | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was attempting to change a motor on an air compressor unit that was non-operational. As he attempted to disconnect the air hose, the coupler blew apart and struck him in the back of the head. He suffered multiple fractures and head trauma. | |||||
| 2017-05-31 | Springdale | Utah | ZION NATIONAL PARK | Multiple pelvic region locations | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was stepping out of an RV to answer a park visitor's question when she fell from the RV steps and suffered deep bruising to her pelvis and hip. | |||||
| 2017-04-07 | Springdale | Arkansas | Arco Excavation & Paving | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was waterproofing culvert boxes. He was attempting to cross a 4.5-foot gap between the boxes when he fell backwards to the ground and broke his leg. | |||||
| 2017-02-28 | Springdale | Arkansas | JV MANUFACTURING, INC. | Leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was cutting the strapping on a bundle of steel square tubing. The bundle was approximately waste high and stacked on top of other material cribbed by 4'x 4' lumber. The bundle fell onto the employee when the last retaining band was cut breaking the employee's right leg. | |||||
| 2017-01-04 | Springdale | Arkansas | JV MANUFACTURING, INC. | Multiple trunk locations | Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source |
| An employee was MIG welding the dog house of a self-contained compactor when a spark ignited and his shirt caught on fire. He sustained first and second degree burns to his upper torso and third degree burns to his back. | |||||
| 2017-01-03 | Springdale | Arkansas | George's Processing | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
| An employee was performing set-up for production. When he picked up the pipe to a vacuum-type motor to connect to the fecal flush pump, he received an electrical shock on both hands. The fecal flush pump was not operating at the time of injury. | |||||
| 2016-06-11 | Springdale | Arkansas | ATLAS PLANT RELOCATION | Multiple body parts | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
| An employee was taking electric breakers and wires out of a live electrical panel. One of the stingers from a bus bar dropped down after breaking a set screw, causing a cross phase and starting an arc flash. The employee fell to the ground and suffered burns to the eyes, face, and left forearm. | |||||
| 2016-04-15 | Springdale | Arkansas | Tyson Foods, Inc. | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level |
| An employee fell and fractured her left femur while walking toward the elevator bank. She was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2016-03-24 | Springdale | Arkansas | Sharum's Garden Center NWA, Inc. | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Sudden start or stop, nonroadway |
| An employee was unloading a pallet of pavers from a semi-truck with a tractor. The pallet of pavers shifted forward and fell off the tractor, causing it to jerk backward. The jerking of the tractor caused the neck of the employee to whip back, fracturing his C5 vertebrae. He experienced numbness in both arms and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2016-01-20 | Springdale | Arkansas | T & J Specialty, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| A two-man team was adjusting an exposed metal stud wall at a new construction site. Another employee in an aerial lift located on one side of the exposed metal stud wall was on his way back down to ground level and hit a piece of electrical conduit. Upon hitting the piece of conduit, the conduit nudged the exposed metal stud wall and moved the wall. When the wall moved it amputated the left ring finger of an employee who was at ground level and on the other side of the exposed metal wall. | |||||
| 2015-12-07 | Springdale | Arkansas | Kawneer Company Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a Milwaukee drill press when his glove was caught in the drill bit resulting in the amputation of the right index finger. The drill bit was not guarded at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2015-10-07 | Springdale | Arkansas | Transportation Technology Services | Leg(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee performing cutting operations with a torch suffered second degree burns to 6-7 percent of his leg after the slag and torch flame came into contact with his leg. | |||||
| 2015-09-22 | Springdale | Arkansas | TYSON FOODS, INC. - PROCESSING PLANT | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was cutting wings with a wing saw and partially amputated the right thumb. | |||||
| 2015-09-02 | Springdale | Arkansas | Georges Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was working on the drive sprocket of a fryer when the drive chain grabbed his glove and pulled his finger into the sprocket. His finger was partially amputated. | |||||
| 2015-08-12 | Springdale | Arkansas | National Transit Staffing | Fingertip(s) | Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was replacing a flat tire on a flat-bed trailer when the jack supporting the trailer slipped. The trailer's fender came down on his left thumb-tip. | |||||
| 2015-07-14 | Springdale | Arkansas | MULTI-CRAFT CONTRACTORS | Fingertip(s) | Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c. |
| A crane operator was going to set up for a crane pick for another company. He began taking the outrigger pads off the rack and caught his finger on the pads causing a partial amputation to right index fingertip. | |||||
| 2015-05-21 | Springdale | Arkansas | Georges Farms Inc. | Foot (feet) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was using a pressure washer to clean the floor. He stopped to talk to his supervisor and placed the nozzle on his right foot. He accidentally squeezed the trigger on his foot, releasing 250-degree Fahrenheit water onto his foot. | |||||
| 2015-05-05 | Springdale | Pennsylvania | NRG Energy, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee was hospitalized after a forklift ran over the employee's right foot. | |||||
| 2015-01-28 | Springdale | Utah | ZION NATIONAL PARK | Hand(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee had his left hand crushed while using a crow bar to help set a concrete sewage distribution box. | |||||