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

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Flowers Baking Co. of Batesville, LLC in Batesville, AR 72501 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was engineering Technician in commercial bakeries.

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
Bun Wrap - IS02 conveyer frame
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

While in route to replace missing bolt on [REDACTED] # 1 the employee crossed underneath [REDACTED] (bun metal detector slope infeed from cooler to detector) in Bun Wrap employee did not see the blue colored conveyer brush bracket that was attached to the ISO2 frame which protruded down about 1.5 - 2 inches and struck their left upper portion of their head against the bracket. This resulted in a 1 - 1.5 inch laceration on their head because of the impact.

While in route to replace missing bolt on [REDACTED] # 1 the employee crossed underneath [REDACTED] (bun metal detector slope infeed from cooler to detector) in Bun Wrap employee did not see the blue colored conveyer brush bracket that was attached to the ISO2 frame which protruded down about 1.5 - 2 inches and struck their left upper portion of their head against the bracket. This resulted in a 1 - 1.5 inch laceration on their head because of the impact.

Laceration Cut Open Wound Head other than face Scalp

Blue UHMW conveyer brush mounting bracket attached to Frame of ISO2 conveyor.

Laceration cut open wound head other than face scalp from blue UHMW

Job description
Engineering Technician
SOC code
17-3029 — Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All
NAICS code
311812 — Commercial bakeries
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
239
Total hours worked
483279
Establishment ID
1121683
Employer case #
175
Date of incident
Shift started
15:00
Time of incident
18:30
Filing year
2025
Submitted
28JAN26:18:31:00

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.