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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

OK FOODS INC.

Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area · Fractures

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at OK FOODS INC., 4601 NORTH 6TH STREET, FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS 72904 on — Fractures, affecting the nonclassifiable.

An employee was winching cages down to a drop-deck live-haul trailer. The terminal tractor moved in reverse and the employee was pinned between the fifth wheel and the trailer kingpin area. The employee suffered multiple fractures and lacerations.

Hospitalized Nonclassifiable Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c

OK Foods, Inc.

An employee was installing a plastic strip on a processing line. While he was putting in a lag bolt, it punctured his left hand on the palm side.

OK Foods, Inc.

An employee opened the hatch of a meat processing machine for maintenance to remove product from underneath the machine. The hatch bumped and smashed the employee's left ring fingertip between the machine and the hatch, resulting in an amputation to the tip of the nail.

OK Foods, Inc.

An employee was using a powered pallet jack to move product. The stabilizer/drive wheel lost contact with the floor. When the wheel caught traction, the employee's lower right leg was pinned between the jack and the wall. The employee suffered a compound fracture to the lower leg.

OK Foods Inc.

An employee was moving a tote of chicken when their right thumb and index finger were pinched by the belt drive on the shaker table resulting in a partial amputation.

OK Foods, Inc.

An employee was cleaning the fat puller end of a puller machine when she attempted to remove a piece of chicken fat from the plastic auger's point of operation. The plastic auger then amputated her right index fingertip.

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Bauducco Foods, Inc.

An employee was walking in an aisle when a forklift backed up over her foot, resulting in a skin injury that required surgery to repair.

S. H. Bell Company

An employee was looking into the bucket of a front-end loader to see how much material was in it. A skid steer backed into the employee, who then fell into the edge of the front loader's bucket and suffered internal bleeding in the abdominal area.

SHM Newport Shipyard, LLC

An employee was spotting for a forklift operation. The forklift backed over the employee, who suffered a complete amputation to one lower leg and a partial amputation to the other leg. The employee was hospitalized.

Oil City Iron Works, Inc.

An employee was cleaning his work area and preparing it to begin making air-set molds when a nearby forklift that was backing out from a load swung around and struck the employee. They sustained a lower left leg fracture.

Canyon Falls Farms

An employee was walking around a work area when he was struck by a forklift that was backing up, resulting in several broken bones in his foot.

Pilgrims

An employee was unloading a forklift from a trailer to the ground. The employee was climbing down the ladder of the trailer when their foot slipped through one of the rungs, causing them to fall backward onto the forklift forks. The employee was hospitalized for fractured ribs.

Lincoln Premium Poultry, LLC

An employee was troubleshooting a thigh deboner on a poultry processing line. As he worked to dislodge a thigh bone caught in the blade mechanism, the machine amputated the first and second digits on his left hand. He was hospitalized.

Tyson Poultry, Inc.

On September 25, 2025, an employee was exiting a yard truck. They slipped and fell approximately 3 feet from the top tread of the steps to the concrete below. The employee sustained a fractured left hip.

Custom Craft Poultry

On September 17, 2025, an employee was cleaning a cutting machine when the cutting blade amputated their right index finger below the first knuckle.

Koch Foods of Mississippi, LLC

An employee was operating a stand-up forklift, picking product for an order. The forklift struck a metal rack and the employee's left arm was caught between the forklift and the rack. He was hospitalized with a fracture to the neck of his radius and an open fracture to the olecranon (elbow).

NATIONAL MILL MAINTENANCE, LLC

An employee was operating an ironworker (steel punching/shearing) machine. A piece of the tooling broke off and struck the employee's neck; a fragment was lodged in his neck. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

On October 25, 2025, an employee was stringing up a new reel of tire tread on a machine. The employee pulled a 6-inch tail and proceeded to spool up the liner. As the machine was jogged to begin the liner wrapping process, the liner caught the employee's glove and pulled their right arm into the liner, causing a fracture to the arm.

Big River Steel, LLC

An employee was doing a cable change on top of an electric overhead traveling (EOT) crane. They were positioned between the cable drum and the drive shaft. While rotating the cable drum, the employee reached for the new cable that was to be installed. The grease fitting on the drive shaft caught their fall harness and pulled them underneath the drive shaft. The employee was pinned between the drive shaft and two pieces of angle steel, resulting in a fracture to their left hip.

American Tile & Marble Co., Inc

An employee was helping two other employees to push a pallet of tile on a loading dock. He suffered a broken fibula and was hospitalized.

Johnson Industrial Coatings, LLC.

On October 5, 2025, an employee was pulling a pressure washer hose when it it disconnected from the cooker. The employee was struck by jets of high-pressure water, resulting in lacerations to their left thigh requiring surgery. The employee was hospitalized.