Severe Workplace Injuries in Ozark, Arkansas
Employers in Ozark reported 10 severe work injuries to OSHA from 2017 through April 2023: 6 workers hospitalized and 5 amputations (50% of reports). Manufacturing accounts for the most reports. OSHA opened an inspection after 2 of them.
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How workers were hurt
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OSHA inspections in Ozark since 2017
Workplace safety inspectors opened 8 inspections at Ozark workplaces, and 5 of them (63%) ended with at least one violation. Inspectors cited 7 serious, 0 willful and 0 repeat violations, with current penalties totaling $41,881.
Rules cited most often:
Recent inspections with penalties
| Employer | Violations | Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| D & D Cabinet Doors, Inc. (complaint, details) | 3 (3 serious+) | $5,877 |
| Tokai Carbon Ge LLC (referral, details) | 3 (3 serious+) | $29,004 |
| Andritz Hydro Corp. (unprogrammed, details) | 1 | $4,000 |
| Mccormick Industrial Abatement Services Inc., (programmed, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $3,000 |
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 10 newest severe injury reports from Ozark employers, as OSHA published them.
Apr 10, 2023 · Nichols Loading Inc. 4927 Low gap Road, Ozark, AR 72949 Amputation
An employee was stepping down from a trailer after performing a check when his left ring finger was caught by the trailer door, resulting in an amputation to the first joint.
Contact with objects and equipment (other) · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Transportation and warehousing
Feb 16, 2023 · Butterball, LLC Amputation
On February 16, 2023, at approximately 6:35 p.m., an employee was working with boxes. A box passed them and the scanner printer arm with the label did not come off as it should have. The employee was attempting to remove the label from the arm when their left index finger was caught between the arm and the printer, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
Caught in running equipment or machinery · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1652147
Sep 18, 2022 · Butterball, LLC Hospitalized
An employee was training another employee on a gizzard peel machine. His hand was caught by the rollers and his palm was degloved.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Hand(s), except finger(s) · Manufacturing
Sep 15, 2021 · TOKAI CARBON Amputation
On September 15, 2021, an employee was trying to collect machined dust from the auger area of a machine. While in the small trench containing the auger, the employee slipped. His right hand was caught in the auger and severely injured. All five fingers were medically amputated. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.
Fall onto or against object on same level (other) · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1554675
Aug 26, 2021 · KOSS CONSTRUCTION CO. Hospitalized
An employee was unloading liquid asphalt cement from a semi-tanker. He left to retrieve a new gasket for the tanker's hose. The valve was opened while he was gone, and when he returned and removed the hose, 300-degree asphalt cement sprayed out of the connection and struck him. He suffered second-degree burns to his left and right forearm, left thigh, lower stomach, and right shin toward the ankle.
Contact with hot objects or substances · Multiple body parts (other) · Construction
Feb 4, 2021 · Butterball, LLC Hospitalized
The employee was on break in the hallway and engaged in horseplay with another employee. As the employee turned to run, he lost his footing and fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized for a back injury requiring surgery.
Injured by physical contact during horseplay · Back, including spine, spinal cord · Manufacturing
Jan 8, 2020 · Area Agency on Aging of Western Arkansas, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was cleaning a stove and then went to the sink to rinse the cloth in a resident's home. The employee turned to return to the stove and her foot became caught on something on the floor. The employee fell on her right side to the level floor and sustained a broken lateral rib on her right side.
Fall on same level · Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Health care and social assistance
Jun 7, 2019 · TOKAI CARBON Amputation
An employee was operating a manipulator (a piece of equipment used to lift a 50- to 100-pound connecting pin). The employee's right ring finger was caught between the manipulator's handlebar and a metal workstation desk; the fingertip was amputated.
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing
Aug 9, 2018 · Harris United, LLC. Hospitalized
An employee was hospitalized with heat exhaustion after working as a concrete finisher at a commercial construction site.
Exposure to environmental heat · Body systems · Construction
May 21, 2017 · Packers Sanitation Services, Inc., LTD. (LLC) Amputation
An employee was walking under a gizzard machine to retrieve a hose when his hand struck the machine, amputating his right middle finger above the knuckle. The machine was unguarded and not locked out at the time.
Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Administrative, staffing and waste services
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).
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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