Conway, Arkansas · Sanitary Paper Product Manufacturing · NAICS 322291
6inspections
5citation items
$13,698current penalties
Dec 7, 2020last inspection
OSHA has inspected Kimberly-Clark 6 times in Arkansas since 1974.
The latest one began on Dec 7, 2020 on a referral, in Maumelle.
Those inspections ended with 5 citation items: 4 serious and 1 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $13,653 and still stand at $13,698.
the General Duty Clause comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under Section 5(a)(1).
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Kimberly-Clark averages $13,653 (1 cited inspection).
Kimberly-Clark also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
Arkansas · latest 90 days of OSHA records
14employers cited
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Incident on Dec 2, 2020: Employee sustains finger amputations while unjamming picker
At approximately 8:00 a.m. on December 2, 2020, an employee, Process Operator 1, was attempting to unjam a pulp sheet in the Coform #1 machine. The jammed pulp was causing the machine to jump off track, leading to frequent stoppages. Two employees removed the guard on the picker to clear the jam. While Process Operator 2 was attempting to remove the jam, Process Operator 1 made contact with the picker. As a result, his gloves were caught by the picker, and his left hand was pulled into the machine. This incident resulted in the amputation of the distal phalanges of two fingers on the left hand. The employee was hospitalized for treatment.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Maumelle site logged 5 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 230 workers: 3.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 63 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Holman Logistics - Maumelle
Maumelle · 2025
230
5
4
3.0
2.6
Kimberly Clark Conway
Conway · 2022
300
1
1
0.3
2.1
Kimberly Clark Corporation Maumelle AR Mill
Maumelle · 2021
303
2
2
0.6
2.1
Holman Logistics - Conway
Conway · 2021
16
0
0
0.0
2.6
Conway Kimberly-Clark
Conway · 2020
287
4
1
1.8
2.1
Holman Distribution Centers - Maumelle
Maumelle · 2019
185
2
2
1.1
2.6
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Maumelle · 2018
272
2
0
0.6
2.1
Holman Distribution Centers - Conway
Conway · 2018
63
0
0
0.0
2.6
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.
Two employees were clearing a jam in a machine. One of them came contacted the roller teeth of a picker in the machine, suffering amputations to two right-hand fingers at the last joint.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1910.219 · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
29 CFR 1910.219(f)(3)
(3) Sprockets and chains. All sprocket wheels and chains shall be enclosed unless they are more than seven (7) feet above the floor or platform. Where the drive extends over other machine or working areas, protection against falling shall be provided. This subparagraph does not apply to manually operated sprockets.
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.
Other sanitary paper product manufacturing employers in Arkansas
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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.
