Ft. Smith, AR —
OSHA Injury Report: ARK
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at ARK in Ft. Smith, AR 72916 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was filler Operator in dog and cat food (e.g., canned, dry, frozen, semimoist), manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- ARK
- Parent company
- Mars Petcare
- Street
- 10000 Roberts Blvd
- City
- Ft. Smith
- State
- AR
- ZIP
- 72916
- On-site location
- Filling Line 2
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 20
Before the incident
Sitting ice bucket down to lock the dry ice cage
What happened
Associate bent down to pick up dry ice bucket and felt muscle pain in lower back
Injury or illness
Lower back strain
Object or substance involved
Dry ice bucket
Summary line
Low back strain while picking up a bucket of dry ice
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Filler Operator
- SOC code
- 51-9111 — Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
- NAICS code
- 311111 — Dog and cat food (e.g., canned, dry, frozen, semimoist), manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 650
- Total hours worked
- 1585949
- EIN
- 431350515
- Establishment ID
- 87913
- Employer case #
- 9
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:00
- Time of incident
- 7:40
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 12JAN26:22:08:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.