Van Buren, AR ·
OSHA Injury Report: Bekaert Corporation
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Bekaert Corporation in 1881 Bekaert Drive, Van Buren, AR 72956 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was maintenance Tech in barbed and twisted wire made in wire drawing plants.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Bekaert Corporation
- Parent company
- Bekaert Corporation
- Street
- 1881 Bekaert Drive
- City
- Van Buren
- State
- AR
- ZIP
- 72956
- On-site location
- Agri
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Tech was removing a gear box door to diagnose an issue.
What happened
Tech was removing a gear box door to diagnose an issue with tightlock #11. The tech did not know at the time that the bearings and shaft were broken. When the tech removed the door expecting a light weight move the shaft also came out which is much heavier. It was an unexpected weight the tech was not prepared for initially.
Injury or illness
Torn bicep Right
Object or substance involved
Gravity. Unexpected weigh shift.
Summary line
Torn right bicep gravity
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Maintenance Tech
- SOC code
- 49-9041: Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- NAICS code
- 331222: Barbed and twisted wire made in wire drawing plants
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 430
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 902,842
- EIN
- 621340165
- Establishment ID
- 1148241
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 08:00
- Time of incident
- 11:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-01-31
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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