BLYTHEVILLE, ARKANSAS—
JMS Russel Metals Corp.
Exposure to environmental heat · Multiple effects of heat and light
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at JMS Russel Metals Corp., 5027 No. County Rd. 1015, BLYTHEVILLE, ARKANSAS 72315 on — Multiple effects of heat and light, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
An employee had been sitting idle in an air conditioned 18-wheeler and then came into the office with symptoms of lightheadedness, dizziness, and slightly elevated blood pressure. The employee was hospitalized due to heat stress (dehydration, heat exhaustion).
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BLYTHEVILLE, ARKANSAS—
JMS Russel Metals Corp.
An employee was setting up a splitter table. Upon reaching to help the table rotate, the employee's gloved hand got caught between a switch and a metal plate, resulting in an amputation of the left index fingertip.
BLYTHEVILLE, ARKANSAS—
JMS Russel Metals Corp.
An employee was working on a slitter machine when the rubbers on its arbor caught his right hand and pulled his arm through the slitter head. The employee's right hand and arm were crushed.
BLYTHEVILLE, ARKANSAS—
JMS Russel Metals Corp.
An employee was in a parked golf cart. He placed his feet on the ground beside the golf cart and grabbed the side of the cart to prepare his body to stand. As he stood up, he felt a pop in his right leg and fell over onto the ground. He was hospitalized with a broken femur in his right leg. His leg had a weakened bone due to a prosthetic from a previous amputation he had suffered.
BLYTHEVILLE, ARKANSAS—
JMS Russel Metals Corp.
An employee was wrapping a coil of steel with an ID band at an exit turnstile and slitter cart. His right leg was over the rail between the cart and the end stop when the cart moved and pinned his right leg, breaking it.
BLYTHEVILLE, ARKANSAS—
JMS RUSSEL METALS CORP.
An employee was leaning against a guard that rotates a product conveyor when his glove became caught in a gap on the conveyor and began rotating. As he pulled his hand out of the glove, his left ring fingertip and nail were amputated.
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