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OSHA Injury Report: Pioneer Frozen Foods SC

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Pioneer Frozen Foods SC in 11891 C. R. Koon Highway, Prosperity, SC 29127 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was quality Technician in bakery products, dry (e.g., biscuits, cookies, crackers), manufacturing.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Pioneer Frozen Foods SC
Parent company
C. H. Guenter & Son - Pioneer Frozen Foods
Street
11891 C. R. Koon Highway
City
Prosperity
State
SC
ZIP
29127
On-site location
Quality Assurance Lab

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
180

Before the incident

Mixing biscuit dough for baking.

What happened

Associate stated that they had pain above their right-hand thumb and weakness in their wrist when holding a pan in their right hand. Associate works in the QA Lab and is required to use whisk spatulas and their hands to mix biscuit roll dough gravy and waffle mixes. They also transport metal trays to and from the oven. Associate mentioned that their thumb locked up when loading a metal tray from the oven. Treated with first aid care and over the counter medication. Associate states that her hand is still in pain after 6 weeks.

Injury or illness

Strain Hand Right Thumb

Object or substance involved

Associate stated that hand mixing stirring of biscuits is painful.

Summary line

Strain Hand Right Thumb Associate stated that hand mixing stirring of biscuits is painful. Exposure to

Employee and industry

Job description
Quality Technician
SOC code
51-9061 — Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
NAICS code
311821 — Bakery products, dry (e.g., biscuits, cookies, crackers), manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
192
Total hours worked
449253
EIN
741508677
Establishment ID
987503
Employer case #
55

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
16:56:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
19JAN24:12:48:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.