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2,257 OSHA severe injury reports in ARKANSAS.
OSHA Severe Injury Reports Database
Browse 2,257 workplace severe injury reports with employer names, locations, and incident details. Each report documents a hospitalization, amputation, or eye loss as reported to OSHA. Use the filters below to narrow results.
| Date | Employer | Location | Event | Nature | Body Part | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 2017 | Waste Management | RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Feb 15, 2017 | Discovery Design Inc. | LOWELL, Arkansas | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle | Avulsions, enucleations | Tooth (teeth) | Hospitalized |
| Feb 14, 2017 | SubTeachUSA | MAUMELLE, Arkansas | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Feb 13, 2017 | Fidelity Communications | BENTON, Arkansas | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet | Intracranial injuries, unspecified | Brain | Hospitalized |
| Feb 11, 2017 | Gerdau Macsteel | FORT SMITH, Arkansas | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Fractures | Pelvis | Hospitalized |
| Feb 10, 2017 | Industrial Iron Works, Inc. | DEWITT, Arkansas | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle | Fractures | Ankle(s) and leg(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Feb 7, 2017 | Bilco Co | TRUMANN, Arkansas | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Cuts, lacerations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Feb 2, 2017 | Xpress Boats | HOT SPRINGS, Arkansas | Stepped on object | Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds | Foot (feet), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jan 30, 2017 | Harvest Rice Inc. | MCGEHEE, Arkansas | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Jan 26, 2017 | Gerdau Macsteel | FORT SMITH, Arkansas | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified | Fractures | Pelvis | Hospitalized |
| Jan 25, 2017 | Lining & Coating Solutions, LLC | BLYTHEVILLE, Arkansas | Explosion, unspecified | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Face, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jan 25, 2017 | Remington Arms, LLC | LONOKE, Arkansas | Explosion, n.e.c. | First degree heat (thermal) burns | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Jan 17, 2017 | Bryce Company | SEARCY, Arkansas | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Jan 16, 2017 | Tenaris Hickman | BLYTHEVILLE, Arkansas | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle | Fractures | Nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Jan 16, 2017 | Sage V Foods | LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Jan 13, 2017 | Anchor Packaging Inc | PARAGOULD, Arkansas | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Jan 12, 2017 | Wiggins, Inc. | BENTONVILLE, Arkansas | Other jump to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Thigh(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jan 10, 2017 | Industrial Tooling, Inc. | FORT SMITH, Arkansas | Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire | Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Jan 9, 2017 | Deltic Timber Corporation | OARK, Arkansas | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified | Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Jan 9, 2017 | Triumph Fabrications-Hot Springs | HOT SPRINGS, Arkansas | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jan 9, 2017 | Americold Logistics | WEST MEMPHIS, Arkansas | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified | Fractures | Wrist(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jan 9, 2017 | Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America | ROCKPORT, Arkansas | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Knee(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jan 6, 2017 | WABASH WOOD PRODUCTS | HARRISON, Arkansas | Fall on same level, unspecified | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Knee(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jan 4, 2017 | KENTS LAWNCARE, INC. | WHITE HALL, Arkansas | Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecified | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Elbow(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jan 4, 2017 | JV MANUFACTURING, INC. | SPRINGDALE, Arkansas | Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source | Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns | Multiple trunk locations | Hospitalized |
| Jan 3, 2017 | George's Processing | SPRINGDALE, Arkansas | Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified | Electrocutions, electric shocks | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Dec 27, 2016 | Texamerican Food Blending Inc. | HOT SPRINGS, Arkansas | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Dec 25, 2016 | Kroger | RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Fractures | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Dec 23, 2016 | Tenneco, Inc. | PARAGOULD, Arkansas | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Dec 17, 2016 | LAMB & ASSOCIATES PACKAGING, INC.| | MAUMELLE, Arkansas | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Dec 13, 2016 | Riverside Grocery and Catering | BENTON, Arkansas | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids | First degree heat (thermal) burns | Face, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Dec 13, 2016 | Welspun Tubular | LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Dec 7, 2016 | Kiewit Infrastructure South Co | WHEELER, Arkansas | Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Dec 6, 2016 | Ouachita Hardwood Flooring | WARREN, Arkansas | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Dec 6, 2016 | Cargill Meat Solutions Corp | SPRINGDALE, Arkansas | Bodily conditions, n.e.c. | Symptoms involving respiratory system and chest, n.e.c. | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Dec 6, 2016 | Georgia Pacific LLC | CROSSETT, Arkansas | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle | Fractures | Thigh(s) | Hospitalized |
| Dec 5, 2016 | McKee Foods Corporation | GENTRY, Arkansas | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Dec 5, 2016 | Cat, Inc. | RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Dec 5, 2016 | Twin Rivers Foods | ATKINS, Arkansas | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Dec 2, 2016 | WestRock Harrison | HARRISON, Arkansas | Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode | Herniated discs | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Dec 1, 2016 | BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORPORATION | MOUNTAIN HOME, Arkansas | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Nov 30, 2016 | Southern Star, Inc. | HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, Arkansas | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment less than 6 feet | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Lumbar region | Hospitalized |
| Nov 30, 2016 | EVERGREEN PACKAGING, INC. | PINE BLUFF, Arkansas | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Cuts, lacerations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Nov 29, 2016 | PACE INDUSTRIES | HARRISON, Arkansas | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Nov 23, 2016 | Best Buy | LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Nov 22, 2016 | Tigg Holding, LLC | HEBER SPRINGS, Arkansas | Struck by discharged object or substance | Cuts, lacerations | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Nov 22, 2016 | UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC. (UPS) | SPRINGDALE, Arkansas | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Crushing injuries | Hand(s) and finger(s) | Hospitalized |
| Nov 20, 2016 | Bryce Company | SEARCY, Arkansas | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Fractures | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Nov 19, 2016 | Idaho Timber LLC | CARTHAGE, Arkansas | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Nov 19, 2016 | Mercy | ROGERS, Arkansas | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Fractures | Forearm(s) | Hospitalized |
Frequently Asked Questions
OSHA requires employers to report all workplace injuries resulting in hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye within 24 hours. Each report in this database includes the employer name, full address, a description of the event, the nature of injury, and a detailed narrative of what happened.
The most common severe workplace injuries include amputations, fractures, crushing injuries, burns, and multiple injuries. Falls, being struck by objects, caught-in/between incidents, and exposure to harmful substances are among the most common event types.
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