SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS—
Rise Baking Company, LLC.
Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Rise Baking Company, LLC., 800 South 40th Street, SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS 72762 on — Fractures, affecting the shoulder(s) and back.
Final narrative
An employee was preparing to put trash in a compactor. A nearby pallet started leaning; 40-pound boxes of chocolate ingredients fell off it and struck the employee, knocking him against a wall. He suffered a broken left collarbone and a broken lower-back vertebra. He was hospitalized.
More severe injuries at Rise Baking Company, LLC.
YORK, PENNSYLVANIA—
Rise Baking Company, LLC
An employee was working near a conveyor when his left middle finger was caught in the conveyor. The employee required surgery and their finger was partially amputated.
WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS—
Rise Baking Company, LLC
An employee was clearing a dough jam in a dough divider using a cleaning tool when his right thumb tip was amputated by the moving equipment.
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