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OSHA Injury Report: Flowers Baking Company of Birmingham, AL

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Flowers Baking Company of Birmingham, AL in 900 16th Street North, Birmingham, AL 35203 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was production helper 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 Birmingham, AL
Parent company
Flower's Baking Company
Street
900 16th Street North
City
Birmingham
State
AL
ZIP
35203
On-site location
Shipping dock bay door #5

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
7

Before the incident

Watching shipping pull down bay door.

What happened

Employee out of work area watching shipping employee and shipping supervisor attempt to lower stuck dock bay door #5. Shipping employee was using dock plate rod and hook to assist with getting door un-stuck. Rod and hook slipped and struck employee {injured} in left elbow. Employee stated that was fine and continued to work remainder of the day. Employee returned to work the following day and started to feel slight pain in left elbow and elected to go to the Workers Comp doctor to seek medical attention.

Injury or illness

Contusion Bruise Elbow Left Elbow

Object or substance involved

Employee struck by dock plate rod and hook.

Summary line

contusion Bruise Elbow Left Elbow Employee struck by dock plate rod and hook. Struck by

Employee and industry

Job description
Production helper
SOC code
51-3092 — Food Batchmakers
NAICS code
311812 — Bakery products, fresh (i.e., bread, cakes, doughnuts, pastries), made in commercial bakeries
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
154
Total hours worked
228905
EIN
630334970
Establishment ID
959564
Employer case #
26

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
11:08:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
23JAN24:14:56:00

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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.