Severe Workplace Injuries in Warren, Arkansas
Employers in Warren reported 10 severe work injuries to OSHA from 2016 through November 2024: 6 workers hospitalized and 6 amputations (60% of reports). Manufacturing accounts for the most reports. OSHA opened an inspection after 5 of them.
Reports by year
Industries
How workers were hurt
Parts of the body injured
OSHA inspections in Warren since 2016
Workplace safety inspectors opened 10 inspections at Warren workplaces, and 7 of them (70%) ended with at least one violation. Inspectors cited 19 serious, 0 willful and 1 repeat violations, with current penalties totaling $70,376.
Rules cited most often:
Recent inspections with penalties
| Employer | Violations | Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| Khushi Karma, LLC (complaint, details) | 5 (5 serious+) | $7,226 |
| Ahf Products, LLC (referral, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $13,653 |
| Potlatchdeltic Corporation (referral, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $9,446 |
| Long's Roofing & Sheet Metal Works, Inc. (fatality/catastrophe, details) | 3 (2 serious+) | $9,851 |
| Ouachita Hardwood Flooring (referral, details) | 2 (1 serious+) | $11,200 |
| Ouachita Hardwood Flooring (follow-up, details) | 2 (2 serious+) | $5,000 |
| Ouachita Hardwood Flooring (referral, details) | 9 (8 serious+) | $14,000 |
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 Warren employers, as OSHA published them.
Nov 27, 2024 · PotlatchDeltic Corporation Amputation
An employee was troubleshooting the strapper platen in the planer mill to resolve a jam. His finger became pinched between the safety pin and the hydraulic motor as he was aligning the safety pin, and he sustained a partial amputation near the lower knuckle of the left middle finger.
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing
Aug 5, 2022 · AHF Products, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was using a 20-foot section of galvanized pipe to unclog a section of dust pipe in a baghouse. A tip of the galvanized pipe broke through the clogged section, contacted the relay fan, and rotated, pulling away from the employee's hand and striking the right side of his head. He suffered a laceration and a brain injury.
Struck by dislodged flying object, particle · Brain · Manufacturing
Jan 8, 2022 · AHF Products, LLC Amputation
An employee was trying to clear a jam from a side-matcher machine. The machine's bottom head was still in motion, and its rotating knives amputated the employee's left little finger and lacerated his left ring finger. The employee was hospitalized, and the ring finger was medically amputated.
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1572429
Jan 14, 2021 · Johnson's Quick Lube, Inc Hospitalized
Two employees were inflating a tractor trailer's tire as it sat on a shop floor. The tire exploded off its rim, breaking one employee's left arm and the other employee's right arm.
Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire · Arm(s) · Other services
Sep 3, 2020 · AHF Products Inc. Amputation
An employee was cutting wood with a foot-operated knot saw when his hand caught on a splinter and was pulled toward the saw. The employee suffered a laceration to his left-hand middle finger and amputation of the tip of his left-hand index finger.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1493105
Feb 11, 2020 · POTLATCHDELTIC CORPORATION Hospitalized
An employee was attempting to unjam a stick recovery machine when he was caught between the metal kicker and the metal frame. He was hospitalized with internal injuries in the abdominal area and kidney damage.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1463984
Jan 23, 2020 · Townsend Flooring LLC Amputation
An employee was using a planer when the employee's left hand contacted the blade, resulting in amputation of the left pinky and ring fingers.
Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing
Jan 15, 2019 · POTLATCHDELTIC Hospitalized
While clearing a jam in the head rig chipper an employee had to remove the chipper's lid. When lifting the lid, it was found that a pin which allows the lid to pivot, was not in place. This caused the bottom of the lid to rotate and roll over the bump stop. The lid then rolled over towards the employee, striking the employee in the left arm and the front of his hard hat. The employee sustained a broken left humerus.
Struck by object or equipment rolling freely · Upper arm(s) · Manufacturing
Oct 17, 2018 · Ouachita Hardwood Flooring Amputation
An employee was on the back side of a knot saw when he bent over to pick something up. He then placed his left hand on the top of the saw and reached over the saw with his right hand. As he reached across the saw, he pressed down on the top and his left hand slid over the blade, resulting in the amputation of his left index and ring fingers at the first knuckle.
Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1355335
Dec 6, 2016 · Ouachita Hardwood Flooring Amputation
An employee was attempting to cut wood flooring to size with a chop saw. He mashed down on the steel plate on top of the saw blade guard with his left hand while his right hand was near the blade. The blade then severely lacerated his right hand and amputated his right pinky fingertip. The saw was guarded at the time of the incident.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1197181
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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