Batesville, AR —
OSHA Injury Report: Flowers Baking Co. of Batesville, LLC
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Flowers Baking Co. of Batesville, LLC in Batesville, AR 72501 resulted in days away from work. Employee was production Helper 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
- Bun Pan Stacker area near bread oven / proofer area
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 1
Before the incident
Employee smelled a burning smell and decided to investigate the area near the bun pan stackers upon looking in the direction of the stacker from approximately 25 feet away engineering struck an arc to weld repairs to the load plate on the stacker and the employee stated the bright flash from the arc led to the employee experiencing a blurry vision in both eyes.
What happened
Employee smelled a burning smell and decided to investigate the area near the bun pan stackers upon looking in the direction of the stacker from approximately 25 feet away engineering struck an arc to weld repairs to the load plate on the stacker and the employee stated the bright flash from the arc led to the employee experiencing a blurry vision in both eyes.
Injury or illness
Eye Irritation Eye Left Eye
Object or substance involved
light from welder
Summary line
Eye irritation left eye welder arc eye light radiation
Employee and industry
- 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 #
- 177
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 17:00
- Time of incident
- 17:50
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 29JAN26:13:11:00
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.