Paducah, KY —
OSHA Injury Report: Dippin Dots
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Dippin Dots in Paducah, KY 42001 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was plant Maintenance in desserts, frozen (except bakery), manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Dippin Dots
- Street
- 5101 Charter Oak Drive
- City
- Paducah
- State
- KY
- ZIP
- 42001
- On-site location
- Dippin' Dots, Main Building
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 35
Before the incident
Changing a belt on a pulley.
What happened
While changing a belt underneath a conveyor the employee was distracted and was not following proper safety procedures. Her glove was pulled into the wheel by the belt and was wedged between the wheel and the pulley itself.
Injury or illness
Nature of Injury: Fracture |Type: |Body Part: Hand(s) Wrist(s)
Object or substance involved
Conveyor
Summary line
Employee got their hand caught in a pulley underneath a conveyor belt while changing a belt was diagnosed with a fracture in their right hand.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Plant Maintenance
- SOC code
- 49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- NAICS code
- 311520 — Desserts, frozen (except bakery), manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 205
- Total hours worked
- 413719
- Establishment ID
- 1260537
- Employer case #
- IE-2508-0
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 10:15
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 28JAN26:17:30:00
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.