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OSHA Injury Report: Flowers Baking Company of Knoxville

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Flowers Baking Company of Knoxville in 3100 North West Park Dr, Knoxville, TN 37921 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was production Technician in bakery products, fresh (i.e., bread, cakes, doughnuts, pastries), made in commercial bakeries.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Flowers Baking Company of Knoxville
Parent company
Flowers Baking Company of Knoxville
Street
3100 North West Park Dr
City
Knoxville
State
TN
ZIP
37921
On-site location
Mixer

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
65

Before the incident

lifting buckets at mixer

What happened

Employee stated hurt his back while lifting buckets at mixer reported when came back to work after days off. Stated buckets weighed 75 pounds. This was caused by employee not using the smart scales correctly buckets should have been 2 seperate buckets instead employee tared scale and put ingredients into 1 bucket

Injury or illness

Sprain Back lower back

Object or substance involved

over weight bucket

Summary line

Sprain Back lower back over weight bucket repetition

Employee and industry

Job description
Production Technician
SOC code
51-3099 — Food Processing Workers, All Other
NAICS code
311812 — Bakery products, fresh (i.e., bread, cakes, doughnuts, pastries), made in commercial bakeries
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
244
Total hours worked
481549
Establishment ID
961154
Employer case #
169

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
17:00
Time of incident
4:25
Filing year
2025
Submitted
29JAN26:19:09:00

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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.