# Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries at Sparks Group
> OSHA SIR `2025032909` · 3/28/2025 · GREEN FOREST, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Conveyors belt, slot, chain
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Sparks Group
- **Location:** Tyson Food, Inc, GREEN FOREST, ARKANSAS, 72638
- **NAICS:** 561720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a conveyor belt in the live hang area when his lower left arm was caught in the conveyor sprocket. The employee sustained a crushing injury to their left forearm, resulting in hospitalization and surgery.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*