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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

Flowers Baking Co.

Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Flowers Baking Co., 3355 West Memorial Boulevard, LAKELAND, FLORIDA 33805 on — Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified, affecting the nonclassifiable.

An employee fell from a ladder and was hospitalized.

Hospitalized Nonclassifiable Ladders, unspecified

Flowers Baking Co.

An employee was repairing a conveyor belt when their glove got caught on the belt, causing their left arm to get pulled into a roller. The employee suffered a fracture to their lower arm.

Flowers Baking Co

An employee was moving a 55-gallon drum from a pallet onto a hand truck. The employee's left hand was smashed between two of the 55-gallon drums, causing an amputation to the tip of the middle finger.

Flowers Baking Co

An employee was operating the bread line, where bread comes off the cooler line onto five different baggers. The bread goes onto a slide that pushes one loaf at a time into the guarded slicers. After it is sliced, a metal guide pushes the bread forward to the next line for the bread to be bagged. Two loaves of bread, one behind the other, went into the slicer the wrong way. When the employee attempted to grab the bread, the metal guide pinched her right pinky finger, resulting in a distal amputation of her fingertip.

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Providence Place Cinemas 16 and IMAX

An employee was fixing ceiling tiles while working from a ladder when they fell to the floor and sustained a hip fracture.

DC Janitorial & Cleaning of Pensacola, Inc.

An employee was on an A-frame ladder retrieving materials from a shelf. He slipped and fell and his leg got caught in the ladder rungs, breaking his left tibia.

The Boldt Company

An employee was unloading materials from a flatbed trailer when they fell from the trailer and landed on the ground. The employee sustained a fractured left leg.

HD Supply Facilities Maintenance

An employee was unloading appliances at a customer location for delivery. The employee was moving a water heater to be placed on the liftgate when he stepped backward and fell to the ground. The employee sustained rib and back injuries.

Freedom Solar LLC

An employee was coming down a portable ladder when they slipped and fell to the ground, resulting in a right forearm fracture.

37th Street Bakery, LLC

An employee was operating a stretch wrap machine in the packaging area when his little finger was caught in the machine's chain mechanism. He sustained a fracture to the tuft of the finger and was hospitalized. The machine was unguarded at the time of the incident.

Talerico Martin Corporation

On August 12, 2025, an employee was performing maintenance on a motor and suffered an amputation to the left index fingertip, as well as a laceration to the left middle finger.

Marzetti Manufacturing

An employee was performing sanitation tasks and adjusting a valve by tapping it with a rubber mallet. The valve came apart and the employee was sprayed with 180-190-degree water. He was hospitalized with thermal burns to multiple parts of the body.

Delice Global Inc

An employee was cleaning the rice cake machine. He then went to move the machine when it caught and amputated his thumb.

FGF Brands, LLC

An employee was cleaning ovens from a three-step ladder. The ladder slipped, causing employee to lose balance and fall to the floor, suffering a broken left leg.

DRIFTWOOD NURSERY & LANDSCAPING, INC

An employee was helping a coworker transport a tall palm tree with a mini skid steer. The employee was severely shocked by a high-voltage electrical wire above the ground.

Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.

An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.

Envelope Seal Insulation, Inc

An employee was inspecting a generator whose radiator was leaking. He slipped, and a fan blade in the generator amputated his thumb and index finger.

Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida

An employee was operating an agricultural tractor during sugarcane harvesting. The employee sustained a lumbar sprain due to vibration or motion from the tractor.

Air-flo/Erwood Heating & Air Conditioning

An employee was moving a 3-ton condensing unit, strapped down on a dolly, out of a garage. The strap broke, causing the employee to fall backward onto the brick pavered driveway. The employee suffered injury to a spinal ligament in the neck.