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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 wrap machine operator I 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
Wrapping area between microloader 2 and 3

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
41

Before the incident

Operating bagger machine

What happened

Employee operating on 3rd shift on baggers #2 and #3. Around [REDACTED] on [REDACTED] employee was approached by another employee about product coming down the line. Injured employee was looking at the product in the tray between Micro loaders 2 and 3 that the non-injured employee was showing. During this time the injured employee stated to give the tray of product over so it could be re-wrapped. The non-injured employee then forcefully pushed the tray into the injured employees abdomen causing pain and bruising. Injured Employee did not seek medical attention. injured employee told Immediate Supervisor of the incident. [REDACTED] - Update - Injured employee sought medical attention through workmans comp doctor.

Injury or illness

Contusion Bruise Abdomen lower trunk buttocks Abdomen

Object or substance involved

Bread tray forcefully pushed by another employee and struck injured employee.

Summary line

Contusion Bruise Abdomen lower trunk buttocks Abdomen Bread tray forcefully pushed by another employee and struck injured employee. Struck by

Employee and industry

Job description
Wrap machine operator I
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
2022
Avg employees
154
Total hours worked
228905
EIN
630334970
Establishment ID
959564
Employer case #
27

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
23:00:00.000
Time of incident
4:50:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
23JAN24:15:00:00

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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.