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

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Flowers Baking Co. of Batesville, LLC in Batesville, AR 72501 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was production Helper 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
At bend of the line bun pan o mat (Make up area)
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
1

The employee was located at the bend of the line at the bun pan o mat she was fixing the hot dog buns on the line and the pan she got turned the wrong way while she was fixing the pan so she was holding the pans back with her other hand and they started getting backed and she tried to move the pan behind the one that she was holding on too and she said that the pan popped up and smashed her left thumb between the two pans. Due to the pans still coming she said that she yelled for help but then got it under control. She said that this happened around [REDACTED] and she didn’t report it to me until [REDACTED].

The employee was located at the bend of the line at the bun pan o mat she was fixing the hot dog buns on the line and the pan she got turned the wrong way while she was fixing the pan so she was holding the pans back with her other hand and they started getting backed and she tried to move the pan behind the one that she was holding on too and she said that the pan popped up and smashed her left thumb between the two pans. Due to the pans still coming she said that she yelled for help but then got it under control. She said that this happened around [REDACTED] and she didn’t report it to me until [REDACTED].

Abrasion Scratches (superficial) Hand Left Thumb

Hot dog pans

Abrasion scratches (superficial) hand left thumb on Hot dog pans

Job description
Production Helper
SOC code
51-3099 — Food Processing Workers, All Other
NAICS code
311812 — Commercial bakeries
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
239
Total hours worked
483279
Establishment ID
1121683
Employer case #
176
Date of incident
Shift started
5:00
Time of incident
7:10
Filing year
2025
Submitted
28JAN26:18:37:00

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.