Severe Workplace Injuries in Rogers, Arkansas

Aug 4, 2025 · TRG Rogers, LLC Hospitalized

On August 4, 2025, at 7:00 AM, an employee was approaching an area to put out a fire with an ABC fire extinguisher when an unknown material exploded and contacted their face. The employee sustained a laceration to the right cheek with an object penetrating the nasal cavity. The employee was hospitalized.

Explosion · Other multiple ear(s), facial locations · Manufacturing

Jun 5, 2025 · Tyson Poultry, Inc Hospitalized

An employee was walking back to her work station when she tripped over another employee's foot and fell to the floor. The employee sustained a fractured right hip.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Hip joint(s) · Manufacturing

May 1, 2025 · Mercy Health Hospitalized

An employee was descending a ladder after installing the sliding rail for a pocket door. His right foot twisted and he fell backward from the last rung and struck his back on the corner of a counter. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to three of the ribs on his left side.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Rib(s), oblique area · Health care and social assistance

Feb 11, 2025 · Tyson Poultry, Inc. Hospitalized

A maintenance technician was changing a wheel on an electric pallet jack. When the employee went to reposition one of the stands supporting the jack, the jack began to lean to one side and fell. The top of the jack struck the employee on the back, resulting in multiple fractures. The employee was hospitalized, requiring hip surgery.

Struck by other falling object (other) · Multiple body parts · Manufacturing

Nov 13, 2024 · INNISFREE HEALTH AND REHABILITATION LLC Hospitalized

An employee was completing a deep cleaning of a room when they tripped over a cord and fell to the floor, resulting in a fractured hip.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Hip joint(s) · Health care and social assistance

Oct 7, 2024 · Marck Recycling Hospitalized

Two employees were repairing a skid steer with the injured employee at the front of the skid steer removing a hydraulic line at the cab. The injured employee fell to the concrete maintenance pad and struck their head, resulting in a head injury and hospitalization.

Other fall to lower level · Head · Wholesale trade · OSHA inspection 1781515

Sep 23, 2024 · Pepper Source Ltd Amputation

An employee was sanitizing an inline metal detector and replacing the actuator piston when the actuator cycled and amputated their left index finger at the first knuckle.

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Other finger(s) (other) · Wholesale trade

Sep 3, 2024 · JL Bryson, Inc. Amputation

On September 3, 2024, at 2:00 a.m., an employee was helping to move two metal beams with a forklift when the beams moved in an upward position and the strap slid, crushing the injured employee's left little finger between the beams. The employee sustained an amputation of one quarter inch of their finger.

Struck by suspended or swinging objects (other) · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Construction · OSHA inspection 1773807

Jul 23, 2024 · Mercy Health Hospitalized

An employee was walking down a hallway pushing a phlebotomy cart when they fell and fractured their right hip.

Fall on same level · Hip joint(s) · Health care and social assistance

Mar 23, 2024 · Tyson Poultry, Inc Amputation

An employee was unloading a batch of marinated product from a chopper machine bowl when the wheel went down instead of up, pinching their right ring finger between the wheel and the bowl and causing a loss of the finger pad.

Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Manufacturing

Jan 22, 2024 · Walmart Distribution Center #6001 Amputation

An employee was gathering loose pallets while driving a reach truck. The vehicle struck a roof support beam and the employee's left ring finger was injured, requiring surgical amputation of the tip.

Collision with stationary object, nonroadway · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Wholesale trade

Oct 24, 2023 · Frank Sharum Landscape Design Inc. Hospitalized

On October 24, 2023, at 12:00 PM, an employee was visually checking a gauge on the "U" controller when a pressure tank exploded. The employee was hospitalized with multiple facial fractures and required surgery.

Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire · Face · Administrative, staffing and waste services · OSHA inspection 1707296

Jun 5, 2023 · Preformed Line Products Company Amputation

An employee was setting up a cable loop machine and training employees on the set-up procedures. As the employee loaded product, the clamp closed on their left hand and amputated their index finger. The employee had surgery.

Caught in running equipment or machinery (other) · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing

Jan 24, 2022 · Mundo Tech Inc Amputation

On January 24, 2022, an employee was using a tube bending machine. The employee pushed a button and his left little finger and ring finger were clamped by the machine. The employee suffered injuries to his ring finger and amputation of his little finger.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing

Dec 23, 2021 · Rogers Health and Rehabilitation Center Amputation

An employee was holding the door to the shower room open while pushing a bench out of the way with her foot. Her hand was between the door hinges. The self-closing door closed on the employee's right little finger, resulting in amputation.

Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Health care and social assistance

Nov 15, 2021 · Morgan Millworks Hospitalized

On 11/15/2021, at 9:30 AM, an employee was ripping boards on the rip saw when a board splintered and shot splinters into his legs and abdominal area.

Struck by dislodged flying object, particle · Multiple body parts (other) · Wholesale trade

Sep 29, 2021 · Tyson Poultry, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was returning to their work area after lunch when they slipped on a piece of chicken on a wet floor and fell, resulting in a right hip contusion.

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

Aug 16, 2021 · Preformed Line Products Amputation

An employee was unjamming a forming machine when her fingers contacted the rollers that pull wire through the machine, resulting in a pinched ring finger and injuries to the little finger that required amputation down to the middle phalange. The machine was not guarded at the time of the incident.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1550487

Jun 17, 2021 · PEPPER SOURCE, LTD Amputation

An employee was working on a machine with a ball valve that was leaking. The employee was trying to identify the issue when the valve actuated and amputated his left middle fingertip.

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

Mar 24, 2021 · Tyson Poultry, INC Amputation

An employee was performing maintenance on the frame of a forming machine. When the employee closed the slatted frame, his right ring finger was pinched between it and the outside shoe bellows clamp. He suffered a partial amputation to the fingertip.

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing

Mar 18, 2021 · Technical Machining Services, Inc. Amputation

An employee was coaching another employee on using a stamp machine. The machine was activated while the employee's right hand was in its feeder area. It pressed down on the employee's hand, causing a complete amputation just below the thumb.

Caught in running equipment or machinery (other) · Hand(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1521134

Aug 19, 2020 · GLAD MANUFACTURING COMPANY Hospitalized

On 8/19/2020, at 6:20 a.m., an employee was performing routine cleaning on a reclaim pelletizer. While performing this task, the employee attempted to activate the dump valve that stores hot water. Due to an internal defect on the pipe valve, the hot water did not drain out completely. As the employee released the locking collar, the stored water released through the gap, spraying hot water onto the employee. The employee sustained first and second degree thermal burns to the chest and left arm.

Contact with hot objects or substances · Multiple body parts (other) · Manufacturing

Jun 30, 2020 · Nabholz, Inc Hospitalized

An employee was using a ladder to enter a pit to remove rails and install machines. The employee stepped off the ladder approximately 1 foot from the pit floor and tripped over a pit rail, falling to the ground (the rail was not unbolted from the ground at this time and is a fixed part of the pit). The employee was hospitalized with a broken right femur.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Thigh(s) · Construction

Apr 16, 2020 · Tyson Foods, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was sitting in the break room when another employee walked over and threw hot soup into the employee's face. The employee suffered burns to the left and right eyes, left cheek, and right nostril.

Intentional injury by other person (other) · Multiple face locations · Manufacturing

Feb 7, 2020 · Technical Machining Services, Inc. Amputation

An employee was trying to clear a jam from a welding machine. When the jam was cleared, the machine smashed the employee's right middle finger, causing the amputation of the fingertip.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1462967

Jan 15, 2020 · HILAND DAIRY FOODS, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was in the back of a truck taking load bars down when he slipped and fell onto the truck trailer floor, fracturing his left hip.

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

Jan 2, 2020 · Tyson Poultry, Inc. Hospitalized

A forklift operator unloading pallets on a semi truck. The truck drove off while the employee was in the back of the trailer; the employee was flung out and suffered trauma to the head and neck.

Ran off driving surface, nonroadway · Head and neck · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1453603

Sep 25, 2019 · Ozark Empire Distributors Hospitalized

An employee was standing on top of a 7-foot-tall machine, cleaning it. He fell off the edge and landed on the ground, suffering two fractured vertebrae in his neck, a fractured left radius and left wrist, and head lacerations.

Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet · Multiple body parts (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1437189

Sep 6, 2019 · Walmart Supercenter #5260 Hospitalized

An employee was capping bins while working from a ladder. The employee fell backwards off the ladder and landed on the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a brain bleed.

Other fall to lower level · Brain · Retail

Jul 12, 2019 · Meek Lumber Yard LLC Hospitalized

The injured employee was working in the lumber yard and was standing next to a yard forklift talking with the operator. A truck backed up and struck the yard forklift and the injured employee was pinned between the truck and the forklift. The employee sustained broken ribs.

Pedestrian struck by vehicle propelled by another vehicle in nonroadway area · Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Retail