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OSHA Injury Report: Dippin Dots

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Dippin Dots in 5101 Charter Oak Drive, Paducah, KY 42001 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was quality Assurance Technician in desserts, frozen (except bakery), manufacturing.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Dippin Dots
Street
5101 Charter Oak Drive
City
Paducah
State
KY
ZIP
42001
On-site location
Dippin' Dots, Main Building

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
139

Before the incident

Walking through the production floor.

What happened

Employee was getting their clipboard from the bulk area of the production floor and when they turned to walk away they tripped over a pallet on the floor that was hard to see due to fog coming out of the CPs. When they fell they landed hard on their knee on top of the pallet then fell backwards onto their rear. Incident resulted in a swollen bruised knee and thigh area.

Injury or illness

Nature of Injury: Contusion Bruise |Type: |Body Part: Knee(s)

Object or substance involved

Pallet

Summary line

Employee tripped over pallet on production floor and injured their knee.

Employee and industry

Job description
Quality Assurance Technician
SOC code
51-9061 — Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
NAICS code
311520 — Desserts, frozen (except bakery), manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
205
Total hours worked
413719
Establishment ID
1260537
Employer case #
IE-2502-0

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
14:50
Filing year
2025
Submitted
28JAN26:17:30:00

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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.