105,313Records 71,083Employers 85,290Hospitalizations 27,770Amputations 2015-01-01 2025-10-31
Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

Greenbrier Central, LLC

Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c. · Fractures

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Greenbrier Central, LLC, 901 JONES ROAD, PARAGOULD, ARKANSAS 72450 on — Fractures, affecting the lower leg(s).

An employee was standing near a pallet, handing a grinder to another employee. A nearby forklift struck the edge of the pallet that contained metal parts in boxes, causing a box to fall over and strike the employee. The employee was hospitalized for a right tibia fracture.

Hospitalized Lower leg(s) Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Greenbrier Central, LLC

An employee was moving a rolling platform into position. As he approached the staging position, he placed his left hand on the outside of the platform's upright and his middle finger was crushed between the upright and a railcar, resulting in a partial amputation.

Greenbrier Central, LLC

An employee was going down the stairs when they slipped on the metal grating and fell, fracturing their right ankle in two places.

Greenbrier Central, LLC

An employee had been grinding and painting sheet metal for approximately 10 hours when they started to experience cramping. The employee was hospitalized with heat exhaustion.

Greenbrier Central, LLC

An employee was operating a machine welder and was cleaning up flux when their glove was pulled into the auger, resulting in a laceration of the left middle finger.

Greenbrier Central, LLC

An employee was removing a brake beam wear liner on a railcar using a hydraulic C-clamp. The liner popped out of the clamp and impacted the employee's right little finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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Sunpro Motorized Awnings and Screens

Two employees were walking through the warehouse behind a forklift that was moving pallets of 30-foot metal bottom bars. When the forklift reversed, the top of the forklift struck a box of metal bottom bars on top of racking, causing the box to fall and strike the two employees. They were both taken to the hospital; one employee was treated and released without being admitted. The other employee was hospitalized with a fractured left orbital bone and an injured right knee.

New Wave Energy Services

The injured employee was spray painting lay flat shipping reels while another employee was picking up the reels with a telehandler after they were painted. The telehandler bumped a reel, causing other reels to fall. The injured employee was caught between the reels, resulting in broken left femur.

CAVO Broadband Communications, LLC

An employee was installing an aerial drop cable across a roadway. The employee was on a ladder positioned against a telephone pole. Cable had been installed on one side of the roadway. The employee was making the connection to the pole on the opposite side of the roadway when a box truck contacted the cable, causing the employee to fall onto the grass of the customer's yard. The employee sustained broken ribs and was hospitalized.

Indorama Ventures Sustainable Recycling, LLC

An employee was performing routine housekeeping duties when a bale of plastic bottles slid off the forks of a forklift that was backing out of a trailer. The bale struck the employee, pushing her into another machine. The employee suffered a fractured rib and punctured lung.

Phoenix Wood Products, LLC.

An employee was using a 4-by-4 to straighten a pack of wood. A forklift nudged the 4-by-4, which caused the employee's right hand to be caught between it and the pack of wood. The employee suffered a partial amputation to the right ring finger.

Wabtec US Rail, Inc.

An employee was responding to a service request for a cable stripping machine that was making noise and not functioning consistently. While testing its function, the machine contacted the employee s right index fingertip, resulting in a fingertip amputation to the tuft.

Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corporation, U.S.A.

An employee was using a handheld cordless electric torque wrench. The tool's reaction arm came into contact with the employee's left hand, causing an amputation to the middle finger above the first knuckle.

Greenbrier Central Paragould

On August 6, 2025, an employee was preparing to weld a metal sheet that goes between containers and weighs 800 pounds. The employee was placing a two-foot wooden brace (4 by 4) under the metal, which was being raised by a crane operator using a magnet. The magnet shifted and caused the load to catch the employee's right index fingertip against the wooden brace, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

GBW Railcar Services, L.L.C.

An employee was climbing up a ladder to the top of a railcar. The employee slipped and fell from the ladder, striking the coupler of the railcar during the fall. This caused the employee's body to shift, and they landed on their head/nose/face. The employee suffered broken ribs, a broken cheekbone, a broken nose, and internal bleeding.

Texana Tank Car

An employee was climbing up a fixed ladder on a tank car. The employee fell from the ladder to the ground, 8 to 10 feet below, and broke both ankles.

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.