Birmingham, AL —
OSHA Injury Report: Flowers Baking Company of Birmingham, AL
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Flowers Baking Company of Birmingham, AL in Birmingham, AL 35203 resulted in days away from work. Employee was utility in bakery products, fresh (i.e., bread, cakes, doughnuts, pastries), made in commercial bakeries.
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
- #1 Lematic
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 4
Before the incident
Please see answer to Question 15 below for details.
What happened
Employee was attempting to remove a bun sealing film from the sealing head on [REDACTED] # 1 when his hand was lacerated Employee was re-threading film in appropriate manner until employee closed the interlocking guard and started the machine. Once machine was started employee reached over the guard to grab a bun film when the film sealing apparatus engaged and closed onto the employees finger causing a laceration. Employee contacted [REDACTED] and was advised to seek medical attention. Employee taken to ER where employee received 10 stitches.
Injury or illness
Laceration Cut Open Wound Hand Left Index Finger
Object or substance involved
Film sealing apparatus for Bulk Packer 1 machine. Sealing apparatus engaged striking the employees hand after employee reached around machine guard.
Summary line
Laceration Cut Open Wound Hand Left Index Finger Film sealing apparatus for Bulk Packer 1 machine. Sealing apparatus engaged striking the employees hand after employee reached around machine guard. Machine Guarding
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Utility
- SOC code
- 00-9900 — Insufficient Information - NIOSH
- NAICS code
- 311812 — Bakery products, fresh (i.e., bread, cakes, doughnuts, pastries), made in commercial bakeries
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 154
- Total hours worked
- 334019
- EIN
- 630334970
- Establishment ID
- 959564
- Employer case #
- 31
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 22:25
- Time of incident
- 22:25
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 07JAN26:13:45:00
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.