Searcy, Arkansas · Urethane and Other Foam Product (except Polystyrene) Manufacturing · NAICS 326150
8inspections
22citation items
$4,571current penalties
May 14, 2019last inspection
Bryce Company has 8 OSHA inspections on record in Arkansas, the first in 1978.
OSHA's last visit started on May 14, 2019 on a referral, in Searcy.
Across those inspections OSHA issued 22 citation items: 4 serious and 18 other-than-serious.
OSHA proposed $7,299 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $4,571, down 37%.
Most often, OSHA cited 1910.95, noise (8 items).
For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $4,500. Bryce Company averages $4,091 over 1 cited inspection in that time.
Bryce Company also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 5 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on May 8, 2019: Employee crushes hand between hanging product and forklift
At 7:40 p.m. on May 8, 2019, and employee was operating a forklift moving product through a plant. While the employee was driving the forklift in reverse, he struck a roll of product that was being moved hanging from a hoist. The employee crushed his hand between the forklift and the product, requiring hospitalization.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Searcy site logged 38 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 640 workers: 5.2 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.0 for its industry. Those cases cost 33 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Bryce-Searcy Location
Searcy · 2025
640
38
4
5.2
2.0
Searcy Facility
Searcy · 2019
425
24
14
4.6
2.0
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 5 reports on file.
Jul 17, 2024, Searcy: Amputation · amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified · finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
A machine operator was completing a job change at their machine when a cylinder roller (anilox) did not properly align in the machine. The operator went to the cylinder area to see what was keeping the cylinder from properly aligning. As the operator leaned toward the cylinder to inspect, the cylinder dropped into the correct cradle position. When this occurred, the operator's left hand was…
An employee was operating a forklift to move product from one plant location to another. While backing up, his left hand was crushed between the forklift frame and a roll of product hanging from a hoist.
An employee was putting a cylinder in a deck when the cylinder would not set into the deck properly due to a misaligned bearing. He used a pry bar to raise the cylinder and realign the bearing. He was attempting to align the bearing cap when the pry bar slipped and the cylinder fell, causing the cylinder bearing cap to close on his left index finger. He suffered a left index finger partial distal phalanx amputation.
Jan 17, 2017, Searcy: Amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)
An employee was using a razor knife to cut film. The employee was cutting with his right hand and steadying the film with his left hand. The employee cut towards his body and amputated the left index fingertip.
Nov 20, 2016, Searcy: Hospitalization · fractures · multiple body parts, n.e.c.
An employee was removing tangled film from a roller in a laminator machine when he stepped back into a roller that was still running, fracturing his skull and breaking an arm.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(iv) Ventilation. Every inside storage room shall be provided with either a gravity or a mechanical exhaust ventilation system. Such system shall be designed to provide for a complete change of air within the room at least six times per hour. If a mechanical exhaust system is used, it shall be controlled by a switch located outside of the door. The ventilating equipment and any lighting fixtures shall be operated by the same switch. A pilot light shall be installed adjacent to the switch if Category 1 or 2 flammable liquids, or Category 3 flammable liquids with a flashpoint below 100 °F (37.8 °C), are dispensed within the room. Where gravity ventilation is provided, the fresh air intake, as well as the exhaust outlet from the room, shall be on the exterior of the building in which the room is located.
29 CFR 1910.106(d)(7)(iii)
(iii) Open flames and smoking. Open flames and smoking shall not be permitted in flammable liquid storage areas.
29 CFR 1910.106(e)(2)(ivc)
(iv) Handling liquids at point of final use. (a) Category 1 or 2 flammable liquids, or Category 3 flammable liquids with a flashpoint below 100 °F (37.8 °C), shall be kept in covered containers when not actually in use.
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