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OSHA Injury Report: ARK

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at ARK in Ft. Smith, AR 72916 resulted in days away from work. Employee was chunk Mezz Operator in dog and cat food (e.g., canned, dry, frozen, semimoist), manufacturing.

Establishment
ARK
Parent company
Mars Petcare
Street
10000 Roberts Blvd
City
Ft. Smith
State
AR
ZIP
72916
On-site location
Chunk Mezz 10
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
1
Days restricted or transferred
170

Removing bypass on 10A emulsifier

While loosening the large nut that holds the bypass pipe in place the associate felt a pop in his left shoulder.

Unspecified injury of muscle fascia and tendon of other parts of biceps left arm.

Strain loosening a large nut

Left shoulder strain while removing bypass on 10A emulsifier

Job description
Chunk Mezz Operator
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
311111 — Dog and cat food (e.g., canned, dry, frozen, semimoist), manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
650
Total hours worked
1439970
EIN
431350515
Establishment ID
87913
Employer case #
10
Date of incident
Shift started
18:00
Time of incident
0:00
Filing year
2024
Submitted
05FEB2025:14:11:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.