Explosion unspecified · Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at TRG Rogers, LLC, 3459 N. Arkansas Street, ROGERS, ARKANSAS 72756
on — Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures, affecting the Other multiple ear(s), facial locations.
Final narrative
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.
Hospitalized Other multiple ear(s), facial locations Source, secondary source unspecified
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