Severe Workplace Injuries in Lowell, Arkansas

Jul 30, 2025 · Marck Recycling & Waste Services of NW Arkansas LLC Hospitalized

On July 31, 2025, an employee was exiting a roll-off truck when their foot slipped causing them to fall backward and strike their back and head on the concrete. The employee was hospitalized with a concussion, a fractured scapula, and three fractured ribs.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Multiple body parts (other) · Wholesale trade

Apr 17, 2025 · Amazon WSP1 Hospitalized

On April 17, 2025, an employee was picking up a 12-pound box from a conveyor when they twisted and aggravated a stomach hernia. The employee was hospitalized.

Overexertion while materials moving by hand · Abdomen · Transportation and warehousing

Jan 26, 2024 · U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Hospitalized

A picnic pavilion was being repaired. An employee was on the roof of the pavilion attaching an excavator boom. The boom moved unexpectedly and knocked the employee from the roof. The employee landed on the ground 10 feet below and suffered fractures.

Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact 6 to 30 feet · Part of body · Professional and technical services · OSHA inspection 1725448

Nov 7, 2023 · Ferrellgas Partners LP Hospitalized

An employee was transferring propane from his bobtail truck to a storage tank. As the employee removed the hose, propane shot out and struck him in the mid-section, resulting in propane freeze burns from below the waist to the top of the knees. The employee was hospitalized.

Contact with cold objects or substances · Multiple body parts · Retail · OSHA inspection 1710207

Oct 25, 2023 · CWM Electric LLC. Hospitalized

An employee was putting an electric wire through the bottom of a metal light pole that was being lifted by a crane. The rigging on the light pole fell causing the pole to fall onto the employee's left forearm, fracturing the radius and ulna.

Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Forearm(s) · Construction

Nov 28, 2022 · TMC Enterprises, Inc Amputation

At 9:25 a.m. on November 28, 2022, an employee was helping a co-worker operate a band saw. As he was assisting to remove the unused stock from the support table, another piece of steel bar stock weighing approximately 1,430 to 1,560 pounds came out of the saw's clamp and rolled, causing the table to tip due to the weight. The bar then fell off the table and struck the employee, resulting in crush injuries to the lower leg and foot. The lower leg was surgically amputated.

Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Lower leg(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1637313

Nov 22, 2021 · Oelke Construction Amputation

On November 22, 2021, at approximately 1:55 PM, an employee was breaking concrete steps using a jackhammer when a piece of concrete gave way under the machine. The jackhammer and the employee were pushed forward due to the momentum. The employee's right ring fingertip was crushed, resulting in amputation.

Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment · Fingertip(s) · Construction

Jun 2, 2021 · Transport Refrigeration, Inc. Amputation

An employee was removing a refrigerator unit with a hoist when it shifted, causing the employee's finger to get caught in a lifting hook and resulting in amputation of their left index fingertip.

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Fingertip(s) · Transportation and warehousing

Feb 15, 2017 · Discovery Design Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was using a handheld portable grinder to grind a vehicle bracket when the grinder came apart and struck him in the face, causing facial lacerations and multiple avulsed teeth.

Struck by dislodged flying object, particle · Tooth (teeth) · Other services

Sep 28, 2016 · J.B. Hunt Transport Hospitalized

An employee was walking to the front of the chicken house when he was hit from behind by a forklift. He suffered four fractured ribs, a fractured pelvis, a punctured lung, and a lacerated liver.

Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area · Multiple trunk locations · Transportation and warehousing

Aug 1, 2016 · Worksource, Inc. Amputation

An employee was bending rebar when the rebar-bending table he was working at activated while his finger was in the danger area. His left pinky finger was pinched between the machine and the metal rebar, amputating it at the first knuckle.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Administrative, staffing and waste services · OSHA inspection 1177633

Apr 30, 2015 · Central States Manufacturing Amputation

The employer made sheet metal components for building construction materials out of rolled steel. The employee was working at the standing seam line (metal roll former machine) when the strippable wrapped around a die. The employee lifted the guard and clicked the override switch to allow the machine to continue to operate with the guard in the up position. The employee had a pendant control to jog dies and pulled the strippable with the other hand. He reached in and grabbed the strippable and hit the reverse button on the pendant control resulting in the employee's hand being pulled between two dies.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Hand(s) · Manufacturing