Severe Workplace Injuries in Berryville, Arkansas

Mar 11, 2025 · TYSON POULTRY, INC. Hospitalized

An employee tripped over the corner of a partially loaded pallet and fell to the floor. He suffered a displaced fracture to his right humerus and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Upper arm(s) · Manufacturing

Feb 10, 2022 · WalMart Store, #76 Hospitalized

While an employee was stocking merchandise in the shoe department, she turned, slipped, and fell to the floor. She sustained a broken left hip and a cut wrist.

Fall on same level due to slipping · Hip(s) · Retail

Aug 10, 2020 · Carroll Electric Cooperative Corporation Hospitalized

Two employees were felling a de-limbed, live tree. They attached a rope to the tree to help control the direction of fall and ensure nothing fell toward the road. As the tree was falling, it went off course and the two employees went separate ways. One of the employees went into the path of the falling tree, which hit the left side of his back and hip area. He broke his left femur, lumbar spine, left hip, and left leg.

Struck by falling object or equipment (other) · Multiple body parts (other) · Utilities

Jan 3, 2020 · Mercy Hospital Amputation

An employee was closing a kitchen drawer. The drawer caught her left index finger.

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Health care and social assistance

Dec 3, 2018 · TYSON FOODS, INC. Hospitalized

An employee was placing product into a condemn barrel. The barrel is underneath a conveyor belt. Her left arm was caught by the conveyor belt and pulled into the drive shaft resulting in a fractured left arm.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Arm(s) · Manufacturing

Jul 17, 2018 · Cedar Creek, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was removing lumber from the flatbed of a trailer when he slipped on lumber and fell about 4 feet off the trailer bed. He broke three ribs and one of the ribs punctured his lungs, requiring hospitalization.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Wholesale trade

Feb 13, 2018 · Tyson Foods, Inc. Amputation

An employee was cleaning batter from a conveyor hopper and amputated the distal end of the left ring finger when it was caught in a pinch point between the belt and a metal guard on the conveyor. The machine was operating and was not locked out at the time.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1296996

Nov 15, 2017 · DANIEL FOSTER CONSTRUCTION, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was descending a ladder when he lost his footing and fell, breaking his leg and injuring his right-hand fingers.

Other fall to lower level · Leg(s) · Construction

Mar 6, 2017 · TYSON FOODS INC. Hospitalized

The employee had just started the Clean In Place (CIP) process on an oven in the further processing area. After the CIP process had been started, the employee added additional caustic to the solution. This caused the CIP solution to splash onto the employee's face and chest. The employee was hospitalized for chemical burns to the face, throat, and upper chest.

Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue · Head, neck, and trunk · Manufacturing

Aug 9, 2016 · Carroll Electric Cooperative Corporation Hospitalized

An employee had some cramping in his right shoulder and passed out for approximately 2 to 3 minutes possibly due to heat stress.

Exposure to environmental heat · Body systems · Manufacturing

Jun 24, 2015 · MILLER PIPELINE CORPORATION Hospitalized

An employee was working outside on a very hot day, helping another employee pull 4-inch coiled plastic pipe off a trailer when he started feeling sick, vomiting, and experiencing muscle cramps. He was hospitalized for dehydration.

Exposure to environmental heat · Body systems · Construction · OSHA inspection 1074929