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OSHA Injury Report: Signode- Fordyce, Arkansas

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Signode- Fordyce, Arkansas in Fordyce, AR 71742 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was production in air bag assemblies manufacturing.

Establishment
Signode- Fordyce, Arkansas
Parent company
Signode
Street
300 South Edgar Street
City
Fordyce
State
AR
ZIP
71742
On-site location
Valve Station Area on the Production Floor
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
5

Employee had just returned from break before the incident happened. She described she was holding the cutting tool (punch) improperly by the cutting end instead of the handle.

Employee improperly grabbed the cutting end of hand tool (punch) instead of the handle resulting in the cutting end of the tool coming in contact and cutting her right middle finger.

Employee received an abrasion cut to her right middle finger.

Employee improperly used a hand tool (punch) resulting in the cutting end of the tool coming in contact and cutting right middle finger.

The employee was punching a hole for a test bag and improperly grabbed the hole puncher at the cutting end rather than the handle end. She then pressed the foot pedal. Once the foot pedal was engaged the punch cut her right middle finger.

Job description
Production
SOC code
51-2099 — Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other
NAICS code
336390 — Air bag assemblies manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
162
Total hours worked
364567
EIN
465152538
Establishment ID
882321
Employer case #
1
Date of incident
Shift started
6:53:00.000
Time of incident
11:30:00.000
Submitted
23JAN24:16:43:00

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