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FLORENCE, KY —

OSHA Injury Report: KENTUCKY PLANT

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at KENTUCKY PLANT in 7605 EMPIRE DRIVE, FLORENCE, KY 41042 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was machine Operator II in pL.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
KENTUCKY PLANT
Parent company
Schwan's Shared Services, LLC
Street
7605 EMPIRE DRIVE
City
FLORENCE
State
KY
ZIP
41042
On-site location
Line 4 Packaging

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Before the incident

material handling

What happened

On [REDACTED] Line 4 switched to bulk pack. EE was assigned to the bulk pack area to do line attendant tasks. This consists of stacking pizzas shoving them into bags and placing them into boxes. EE primarily noted the motion of shoving pizzas into bags as causing gradually increased pain levels. By the 3rd day EE was having pain and reported it to her supervisor. Employee called off work on the [REDACTED] and was scheduled off on [REDACTED]. On [REDACTED] EE went to the ER because their pain had spread from their arm towards her upper back. ER gave her Flexeril and Tylenol also telling her to return to work on [REDACTED].

Injury or illness

RIGHT ARM - STRAIN CHEST RIBS - STRAIN: EE performed repetitive bulk pack duties primarily shoving pizzas into bags. Pain gradually increased from the motion starting in the arm and radiating to the upper back.

Object or substance involved

repetitive motion

Summary line

RIGHT ARM - STRAIN CHEST RIBS - STRAIN: EE performed repetitive bulk pack duties primarily shoving pizzas into bags. Pain gradually increased from the motion starting in the arm and radiating to the upper back. Arm right repetitive motion

Employee and industry

Job description
Machine Operator II
SOC code
51-9111 — Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
NAICS code
311412 — PL
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
768
Total hours worked
1845259
EIN
952703251
Establishment ID
967552
Employer case #
345453

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
16:30
Time of incident
22:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
25FEB26:15:43:00

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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.