Inspection 344350319 OPENED OCT 2, 2019Closed
2800 Great Dane Dr, Jonesboro, AR 72401 · Truck Trailer Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
OSHA has inspected Great Dane Trailers 4 times in Arkansas since 2018.
The latest one began on Oct 2, 2019 to follow up on an earlier case, in Jonesboro.
Those inspections ended with 2 citation items: 2 serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $26,169 and now stand at $19,494, 26% lower after settlements or reviews.
Machine guarding comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.212.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Great Dane Trailers averages $9,747 (2 cited inspections).
It reported 3 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
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Inspection 344350376 OPENED OCT 2, 2019Closed
2800 Great Dane Dr, Jonesboro, AR 72401 · Truck Trailer Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Sep 12, 2019: Employee's thumb tip is amputated after actuating riveter
At 10:30 p.m. on September 12 or September 13, 2019, an employee was working for a firm that manufactured truck trailers. He was operating a rivet machine or rivet squeezing machine. As the machine was operating, a component, the anvil, fell off the machine. The employee retrieved the anvil. He had his left hand on the machine as he positioned the anvil with his right hand. The anvil was located at the machine's point of operation. The machine had a two-hand actuation system. The two-hand actuation system consisted of two switches. The first switch was a button depressed by one hand, and the other was a pressure switch depressed by the other hand. With his left hand, the employee depressed the button on top of the machine at the same time that some part of his body depressed the pressure switch. The machine actuated. The employee's right thumb was pinched in the point of operation. The thumb tip was traumatically amputated proximal to the nail bed by the riveter. The employee was treated without hospitalization. Employees were exposed to an amputation hazard because the employer did not fit the rivet squeezer machine with an effective means to prevent the operator from having any part of his body in the point of operation while the machine was energized. The employer's means for removing the operator's exposure to the amputation hazard was the use of a two-hand actuation system. There was no other guard or means to prevent the operator from placing any part of his or her body in the point of operation.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 2 29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii) · Machine guarding |
Serious | $13,494 | $13,494 | Feb 24, 2020 | Final |
Inspection 344351572 OPENED OCT 2, 2019Closed
2800 Great Dane Dr, Jonesboro, AR 72401 · Truck Trailer Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
Inspection 342912508 OPENED JAN 30, 2018Closed
2800 Great Dane Dr, Jonesboro, AR 72401 · Truck Trailer Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Jan 9, 2018: Employee's finger is amputated by panel sheer blade
At 8:30 a.m. on January 9, 2018, Employee #1 was cutting a piece of aluminum with a panel sheer. The employee reached under the guard and struck the panel sheer blade, amputating his finger.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii) · Machine guarding |
Serious | $12,675 | $6,000 | Feb 28, 2018 | Final |
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 3 reports on file.
Jun 12, 2025, Jonesboro: Amputation · amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified · finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
An employee was hoisting an axle in the buggy department when one side of the sling came loose, causing the axle to tip. The sling hook raised up from the weight transfer, causing the employee's left little finger to be caught by the rigidness of the hook. The fingertip was amputated.
Sep 12, 2019, Jonesboro: Amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
While an employee was making an adjustment on the rivet squeezers, the machine actuated and caused an amputation of the right thumb proximal to the nail bed.
Sep 9, 2019, Jonesboro: Amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
An employee was building the frame of a trailer. The trailer frame was lowered via hydraulics while the employee's finger was in a pinch point. The distal portion of his left fifth digit was amputated.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii)
(ii) The point of operation of machines whose operation exposes an employee to injury, shall be guarded. The guarding device shall be in conformity with any appropriate standards therefor, or, in the absence of applicable specific standards, shall be so designed and constructed as to prevent the operator from having any part of his body in the danger zone during the operating cycle.
Other truck trailer manufacturing employers in Arkansas
- Great Dane LLC Jonesboro · 1 citation · $16,550
- Xpo Manufacturing, LLC Searcy · 1 citation · $16,131
- Calico Trailer MFG. Co. Quitman · 9 citations · $25,812
- KL Manufacturing, LLC Central City · 7 citations · $11,720
- Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company Paragould · 15 citations · $22,731
- Armbruster Stageway Company Fort Smith · 44 citations · $5,302
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