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Arkansas Workplace Injury Reports

Arkansas employers reported 2,275 severe work injuries to federal OSHA from 2015 through November 2025: 1,639 workers hospitalized and 790 amputations, plus 1 lost eyes. Manufacturing and construction account for the most reports.

2,275Severe injury reports
790Amputations
643Followed by an OSHA inspection

Reports by year

010020030024720152342016198201723420182362019178202019020212112022190202319320241642025

Industries

Manufacturing1,191 (52%)
Construction274 (12%)
Wholesale trade164 (7%)
Transportation and warehousing142 (6%)
Administrative, staffing and waste services116 (5%)
Retail113 (5%)
Health care and social assistance59 (3%)
Agriculture, forestry and fishing45 (2%)

How workers were hurt

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation209 (9%)
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning184 (8%)
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment147 (6%)
Exposure to environmental heat104 (5%)
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet72 (3%)
Other fall to lower level67 (3%)
Fall on same level due to slipping56 (2%)
Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment55 (2%)

Parts of the body injured

Fingertip(s)278 (12%)
Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other)273 (12%)
Body systems153 (7%)
Finger(s), fingernail(s)151 (7%)
Multiple body parts (other)115 (5%)
Lower leg(s)79 (3%)
Leg(s)69 (3%)
Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)63 (3%)

OSHA inspections in Arkansas since 2015

Workplace safety inspectors opened 3,197 inspections at Arkansas workplaces, and 1,825 of them (57%) ended with at least one violation. Inspectors cited 3,703 serious, 22 willful and 206 repeat violations, with current penalties totaling $19,724,634.

Rules cited most often:

Fall protection (construction) (1926.501)507
Lockout/tagout (hazardous energy) (1910.147)230
Eye and face protection (construction) (1926.102)215
Ladders (construction) (1926.1053)213
Machine guarding (1910.212)191
Reporting fatalities and severe injuries (1904.39)187
Hazard communication (1910.1200)151
Head protection (construction) (1926.100)120

Recent inspections with penalties

EmployerOpenedViolationsPenalty
Jose Luis Contreras (planned, details) Jun 23, 2026 1 (1 serious+) $2,383
Wildcat Recycling, Inc. (referral, details) Jun 2, 2026 7 (6 serious+) $13,333
Ryder Integrated Logistics Inc (planned, details) May 27, 2026 2 $8,681
Americold Logistics, LLC (planned, details) Apr 30, 2026 2 (2 serious+) $22,696
White River Hardwoods-Woodworks, Inc. (planned, details) Apr 29, 2026 2 (2 serious+) $7,944
Smith Steel, Inc. (planned, details) Apr 16, 2026 3 (3 serious+) $4,629
Elite Movers, Inc. (planned, details) Apr 15, 2026 1 (1 serious+) $1,702
Mp Warehouse, Inc (planned, details) Apr 14, 2026 1 (1 serious+) $3,178
Pivotal Health Solutions (referral, details) Apr 8, 2026 3 (3 serious+) $44,448
Cheng Inc (referral, details) Mar 31, 2026 4 (4 serious+) $7,093
Dolgencorp, LLC (complaint, details) Mar 26, 2026 1 (1 serious+) $12,056
Jimenez Roofing & More, Inc (referral, details) Mar 26, 2026 1 (1 serious+) $11,916

Penalties as currently recorded by OSHA; they can drop after settlement or contest. Inspection data covers federal OSHA inspections and state-run safety program inspections reported to OSHA.

Reports by city

CityReportsAmputationsHospitalized
Little Rock195 52152
Fort Smith118 4477
Pine Bluff92 2877
Jonesboro90 3857
Springdale89 3261
Blytheville64 1747
North Little Rock56 1742
Paragould55 2929
Stuttgart53 2533
Fayetteville53 2035
El Dorado51 1737
Russellville49 2331
Rogers47 1633
Texarkana45 1832
Osceola42 1528
Hot Springs41 834
Conway40 1925
Searcy38 1228
Batesville38 1229
Bentonville37 731
Van Buren33 1623
Clarksville31 1022
Heber Springs26 722
West Memphis25 619
Malvern25 817
Siloam Springs23 1112
Newport22 716
Benton21 319
Maumelle20 715
Hope19 1010
Pocahontas17 613
Harrison17 814
Forrest City17 612
Nashville16 711
Magnolia14 87
Marmaduke13 410
Sheridan12 59
Lowell12 58
Gentry12 57
Mountain Home11 211
Green Forest11 56
Danville11 57
Berryville11 29
Arkadelphia11 47
Warren10 66
Ozark10 56
Jacksonville10 28
Gurdon10 66

Cities with at least 10 reports.

Workers compensation lawyers in Arkansas

Lawbamba lists 100 workers compensation lawyers with an office in Arkansas, the practice area that deals with the workplace injury and OSHA inspection records on this page. These 4 come first in that listing (how the order is set).

Guy Wade
Friday, Eldredge & Clark LLP
Workers Compensation, Business & Commercial, Medical Malpractice
Little Rock · 4.9★ from 88 reviews
Jason Hatfield
Law Office of Jason M. Hatfield P.A.
Workers Compensation, Personal Injury, Car Accident
Springdale · 4.8★ from 71 reviews
Brad Hendricks
Brad Hendricks Law Firm
Workers Compensation, Animal Bites, Assault & Battery
Little Rock · 4.7★ from 469 reviews
Clinton White
The White Law Firm
Workers Compensation
North Little Rock · 5.0★ from 10 reviews

Matched by practice area and office location only. These lawyers are not connected to the records on this page and have not reviewed or endorsed it.

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Source: OSHA's Severe Injury Reports, 2015 through November 2025 (loaded November 9, 2026). Employers must report any work-related amputation, loss of an eye or in-patient hospitalization to OSHA within 24 hours. Employer names, addresses and incident descriptions are as OSHA publishes them. A report records an injury, not a finding that the employer broke a rule; OSHA opens an inspection for some reports. The data covers workplaces under federal OSHA. States that run their own OSHA program (such as California, Washington, Michigan, North Carolina and Virginia) are mostly missing, and work-related deaths are reported separately.

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