Severe Workplace Injuries in Gentry, Arkansas
Employers in Gentry reported 12 severe work injuries to OSHA from 2016 through July 2024: 7 workers hospitalized and 5 amputations (42% of reports). Manufacturing accounts for the most reports. OSHA opened an inspection after 4 of them.
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How workers were hurt
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OSHA inspections in Gentry since 2016
Workplace safety inspectors opened 7 inspections at Gentry workplaces, and 5 of them (71%) ended with at least one violation. Inspectors cited 10 serious, 0 willful and 0 repeat violations, with current penalties totaling $43,165.
Rules cited most often:
Recent inspections with penalties
| Employer | Violations | Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| Mckee Foods Corporation (referral, details) | 2 (2 serious+) | $16,550 |
| Simmons Prepared Foods, Inc (referral, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $7,976 |
| Pm Construction (programmed, details) | 2 (2 serious+) | $3,400 |
| Arkotex, Inc. (referral, details) | 4 (4 serious+) | $8,239 |
| Mckee Foods Corporation (referral, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $7,000 |
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.
Most recent reports
The 12 newest severe injury reports from Gentry employers, as OSHA published them.
Jul 31, 2024 · McKee Foods Corporation Hospitalized
An employee was cleaning a butterfly valve on top of a sugar mixer when his right hand was crushed by the valve. The employee sustained fractures, tendon damage, and stitches to the palm on the right hand. The valve was not locked out/tagged out at the time.
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Hand(s), except finger(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1767314
May 31, 2024 · McKee Foods Corporation Hospitalized
An employee was adding cases of product onto a conveyor from a wooden float board (a flat laminated board approximately 4 feet by 4 feet) that was on top of a half pallet on the floor. The employee was removing an empty float board from the half pallet when they tripped on the half pallet and fell against the conveyor. Their head struck a mounting bracket (about 3 inches off the floor) that mounts a piece of equipment associated with the conveyor to the floor. The employee sustained an intracerebral hemorrhage, a laceration to the forehead requiring 17 stitches, a fractured nose, and multiple neck fractures.
Fall on same level resulting in exposure or contact · Head and neck · Manufacturing
May 9, 2024 · McKee Foods Corporation Hospitalized
An employee was leaving the worksite at shift's end and slipped on the recently mopped lobby floor. The employee fell and fractured their tailbone.
Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Back coccygeal region · Manufacturing
Mar 24, 2022 · Simmons Prepared Foods Amputation
Two employees were using a water hose to unclog a heart and liver separator machine. The machine was turned on while one employee's hand was inside it, and an auger under it amputated the tip of his right index finger. He was hospitalized.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1587366
Jul 13, 2021 · QSI, LLC Amputation
On 7/13/2021, at approximately 4:55 PM, an employee was lifting a drain grate to remove a glove from the drain when the grate slipped and fell on his left hand causing the amputation of the left middle finger at the first joint behind the fingernail.
Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Administrative, staffing and waste services
Jun 5, 2020 · NWA Recycling, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was using a circular saw to cut a plastic drum when the saw skipped/slipped and caused a cut to the bones in his left forearm just above the wrist.
Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker · Forearm(s) · Wholesale trade
May 26, 2020 · McKee Foods Corporation Amputation
An employee was about to spray lubricant onto the chain and sprockets of a conveyor belt. He fell forward and his right index finger was caught in the moving chain and sprockets. The finger was amputated at the first knuckle.
Fall onto or against object on same level (other) · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing
Oct 23, 2019 · Carroll Electric Cooperative Corporation Hospitalized
An employee was cutting and removing a fallen tree and was pinning down the power line and communication cables. As the tree was being cut and removed, the communication cable sprang up and struck the employee in the face. The employee was hospitalized with facial injuries.
Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld (other) · Face · Utilities
Aug 21, 2019 · MCKEE BAKING COMPANY Hospitalized
A conveyor caught an employee's left hand during maintenance, fracturing the arm.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Arm(s) · Manufacturing
Mar 20, 2019 · Crum & Marshall Waterproofing, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was turning over an open caulk bucket with the metal lid partially attached. During this process, the open lid scratched the employee's right forearm, causing a 6-inch laceration to the underside that required hospitalization.
Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker · Forearm(s) · Construction
Mar 28, 2017 · ARKOTEX, INC. Amputation
An employee was cleaning a patch kit machine after use. The employee was using an air wand to blow sand from around the machine. There was a clump of sand that he couldn't get out with the air pressure so he attempted to remove the clump of sand with his hand. At that point, the machine cycled and amputated his left index finger. The machine was guarded at the time.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Construction · OSHA inspection 1225427
Dec 5, 2016 · McKee Foods Corporation Amputation
An employee was attempting to push product packaging into the cellophane film wrapper when the crimper shaft that cuts, heats, and seals the cellophane film amputated her left middle fingertip. The machine was guarded at the time.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1196627
After a workplace injury in Arkansas
Most work injuries are handled through workers' compensation, which pays medical bills and part of lost wages whether or not anyone was at fault, and usually rules out suing the employer. A separate claim may be possible against someone else, such as an equipment maker or another company on the site. Reporting deadlines are short, so tell your employer about an injury right away.
Workers compensation lawyers in Arkansas
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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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