OSHA Injury Report: Indianapolis IN Frozen Pies Bakery

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Employee was working in Warehouse 1.

What happened

The injured employee was working in [REDACTED] 1 when another forklift driver came in to retrieve some materials from one of the racks. There were two pallets of stacked cartons that the driver needed to move to access the rack of materials. Upon attempting to move the pallets the some of the cartons on the bottom pallet started to fail causing the top pallet to shift. The affected employee came over to try and help the situation and grabbed the top pallet attempting to help steady it and help get it into a more stable position. The forklift driver had positioned the forks inside of the top pallet but the affected employee did not realize they were there. The driver shifted the forks to the side attempting to steady and remove the pallet upon which point the affected employee 's left middle and ring fingers became pinched between the forks and the pallet.

Injury or illness

Medical Treatment

Object or substance involved

Vehicles - Plant and Industrial Powered Vehicles Tractors

Summary line

Laceration to left ring finger from nail to first knuckle. Moderate tissue loss to top right side of left middle finger from first knuckle to nail bed.

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

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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.