Severe Workplace Injuries in Green Forest, Arkansas
Employers in Green Forest reported 11 severe work injuries to OSHA from 2016 through September 2025: 6 workers hospitalized and 5 amputations (45% of reports). Manufacturing accounts for the most reports. OSHA opened an inspection after 2 of them.
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OSHA inspections in Green Forest since 2016
Workplace safety inspectors opened 8 inspections at Green Forest workplaces, and 3 of them (38%) ended with at least one violation. Inspectors cited 2 serious, 0 willful and 0 repeat violations, with current penalties totaling $15,777.
Rules cited most often:
Recent inspections with penalties
| Employer | Violations | Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| Tyson Poultry, Inc. (referral, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $10,877 |
| Tyson Foods Inc (referral, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $4,900 |
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 11 newest severe injury reports from Green Forest employers, as OSHA published them.
Sep 28, 2025 · Wanzek Construction, Inc. Amputation
During crane assembly, an employee's left middle finger was caught in a bridle pin while trying to move counterweights, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
Contact incidents · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Construction
Sep 25, 2025 · Tyson Poultry, Inc. Hospitalized
On September 25, 2025, an employee was exiting a yard truck. They slipped and fell approximately 3 feet from the top tread of the steps to the concrete below. The employee sustained a fractured left hip.
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Hip joint(s) · Manufacturing
Mar 28, 2025 · Sparks Group Hospitalized
An employee was cleaning a conveyor belt in the live hang area when his lower left arm was caught in the conveyor sprocket. The employee sustained a crushing injury to their left forearm, resulting in hospitalization and surgery.
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Forearm(s) · Administrative, staffing and waste services · OSHA inspection 1815759
Jan 6, 2024 · Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. Amputation
An employee was standing on a trough to reach tools above a fan. As they descended the trough, their hand contacted the fan and their left ring finger was amputated.
Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Other finger(s) (other) · Agriculture, forestry and fishing
Aug 5, 2022 · Tyson Poultry, Inc. Amputation
An employee was returning a barrel to a dust collector. The employee's right index finger was caught between the side wall and a paddle in the dust collector's outfeed, and the fingertip was amputated.
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing
Sep 21, 2021 · Tyson Poultry, Inc. Hospitalized
At 11:20 p.m. on September 21, 2021, an employee was shutting down a fryer. She noticed heated oil leaking from an open valve that was not supposed to have fluid in it. While trying to close the valve, she slipped on and landed in the hot oil. She suffered burns to her right hand, forearm, and hip and her left lower leg. She was hospitalized.
Fall on same level due to slipping · Multiple body parts (other) · Manufacturing
Aug 15, 2019 · TYSON FOODS, INC. Hospitalized
An employee was turning a ball valve on the bypass relief for a filter. The employee was cycling out dirty oil and adding fresh oil. The sanitary fitting on the top of the valve came loose, allowing oil to exit the pipe and burn both of the employee's legs.
Contact with hot objects or substances · Leg(s) · Manufacturing
Jan 21, 2018 · Tyson Foods, Inc. Amputation
An employee was watering a lift battery (approximately 350 lbs.). The battery did not have the retainer in place at the time. As he was pulling on the lid of the battery, it rolled out of the compartment and fell over. He tried to catch it and it fell on his right hand, smashing fingers two - five. Sulfuric acid also leaked from the battery onto his hand. His right long finger had to be amputated at the second knuckle.
Struck by falling object or equipment (other) · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing
Oct 25, 2017 · TYSON FOODS Hospitalized
An employee was driving a pallet jack when he struck a floor grate, which caused the jack to stop abruptly. He was ejected and struck the floor of the debone cooler. He was hospitalized with a left hip fracture and abrasions to his left elbow.
Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway · Hip(s) · Manufacturing
Aug 21, 2017 · Chain Electric Company, Incorporated Hospitalized
An employee was installing additional bolts on the secondary side of a transformer, which had a voltage of 277480, when a flash occurred and burned the employee's face.
Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts · Face · Construction
Apr 5, 2016 · Tyson Foods Inc Amputation
An employee was attempting to remove viscera (guts) with a tool from the machine. The tool he was using was caught in the evisceration machine, and his right ring finger was smashed between the tool and the machine, amputating his fingertip.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1139352
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
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).
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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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