George's Inc has 9 OSHA inspections on record in Arkansas, the first in 1981.
OSHA's last visit started on Feb 15, 2024 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Hindsville.
Across those inspections OSHA issued 3 citation items: 3 serious.
OSHA proposed $44,286 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $30,356, down 31%.
For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $4,874. George's Inc averages $10,119 over 3 cited inspections in that time.
1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.
George's Inc also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 2 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on Feb 14, 2024 (fatal): Employee dies from multiple trauma in fall from box truck
At 7:20 a.m. on February 14, 2024, an employee working as an extractor helper for a poultry hatchery was standing on the back of a Paccar box truck (Serial Number: T370). The employee was attempting to secure egg carts while standing on the liftgate. A coworker, the driver, was helping load and unload the egg carts. Another truck was waiting to deliver at the site when the coworker decided to move the truck to make room for the other driver to go around. The coworker moved the truck forward and realized it was on an incline, so he proceeded to move the truck in reverse. When he backed the truck up, the egg carts shifted and struck the employee pushing him off the liftgate of the truck. The employee fell approximately 50 inches onto the gravel surface below at which point the egg carts fell on top of him. The employee lacerated the back of his head when he struck the ground and the empty egg carts struck him in the chest fracturing several ribs and severing his aorta. The employee died from massive internal bleeding.
Incident on Feb 26, 2022: Employee's finger is amputated when hand sucked into valve
At 11:30 a.m. on February 26, 2022, an employee was checking the quality of the chicken paws as they entered the chiller. As he was reaching in to catch some of the paws that were being dropped down a vacuum tube, his supervisor said something to him. The employee averted his eyes from his task to look at his supervisor. He claimed that his hand was suddenly pulled up towards the tube by a vacuum, causing his right hand pinky finger to enter the tube as the valve closed. The valve closed and cut off the distal portion of the pinky finger. The employee was treated without hospitalization.
Incident on Mar 8, 2021: Employee amputates fingertip in poultry processing machine
At 11:50 p.m. on March 8, 2021, an employee was operating a poultry processing machine. The machine has three sources of energy: electric, hydraulic, and pneumatic. A valve located on the side where the employee was stationed was blocked. The employee reached inside of the valve to remove the obstruction, when the valve closed, resulting in the amputation of the employee's right index fingertip. The employee was hospitalized.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2024, the Springdale site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 56 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.4 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Live Production Offices
Springdale · 2024
56
0
0
0.0
3.4
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 2 reports on file.
Feb 26, 2022, Springdale: Hospitalization, amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)
An employee was trying to catch poultry paws as they left a vacuum system pipe chute to inspect their quality. The employee's fingertip contacted a pneumatic valve and was amputated.
An employee was working on the drive sprocket of a fryer when the drive chain grabbed his glove and pulled his finger into the sprocket. His finger was partially amputated.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(4) Energy control procedure. (i) Procedures shall be developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees are engaged in the activities covered by this section.
(a) Machine guarding—(1) Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding shall be provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks. Examples of guarding methods are—barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices, electronic safety devices, etc.
Each employer shall furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.
