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OSHA Injury Report: Flowers Baking Co. of Batesville, LLC

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Flowers Baking Co. of Batesville, LLC in 1223 south Saint Louis Street, Batesville, AR 72501 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was maintenance Technician in commercial bakeries.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Flowers Baking Co. of Batesville, LLC
Parent company
Flowers Foods
Street
1223 south Saint Louis Street
City
Batesville
State
AR
ZIP
72501
On-site location
Engineering Shop

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Employee was working in the shop at the table fabricating a new part for the stackers employee had finished drilling out the holes to attach a belt cloth type material to a piece of metal. Upon completion was fitting the bolt through the pre drilled holes when suddenly a piece of the debris from the material went from behind the employees safety glasses eyewear. This resulted in the debris becoming wedged in the employees eye after blinking to remove the debris.

What happened

Employee was working in the shop at the table fabricating a new part for the stackers employee had finished drilling out the holes to attach a belt cloth type material to a piece of metal. Upon completion was fitting the bolt through the pre drilled holes when suddenly a piece of the debris from the material went from behind the employees safety glasses eyewear. This resulted in the debris becoming wedged in the employees eye after blinking to remove the debris.

Injury or illness

Eye Irritation Eye Right Eye

Object or substance involved

Cloth white belt material employee was working with and or debris from fan.

Summary line

Eye Irritation right eye cloth white belt material EE working with + fan in shop debris in right eye

Employee and industry

Job description
Maintenance Technician
SOC code
49-9071 — Maintenance and Repair Workers, General
NAICS code
311812 — Commercial bakeries
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
272
Total hours worked
499817
Establishment ID
1121683
Employer case #
169

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
10:11
Filing year
2024
Submitted
21JAN2025:12:51:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.