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

Other illness · Days away from work

On , an other illness at Flowers Baking Co. of Batesville, LLC in Batesville, AR 72501 resulted in days away from work. 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
Ingredient room, bread weight up / bag dump area
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Other illness (code 6)
Days away from work
1

Employee was performing normal job duties when he started to get hot and threw up in the trash can he said he put his head down and raised up to walk to the bag dump and got dizzy he described a feeling of no energy and his face and skin color had a clammy look to it real pale. After taking a moment in the mens restroom to clean up the employee returned to their work station where they still felt week so the employee stepped into the walk in cooler nearby to cool off. A co worker saw the supervisor making their round and notified them at the moment employee stepped into walk in cooler. Supervisor took employee to break room to rest hydrate. After resting and hydrating the employee still felt weak so supervisor moved employee to office and further treated with ice packs.

Employee was performing normal job duties when he started to get hot and threw up in the trash can he said he put his head down and raised up to walk to the bag dump and got dizzy he described a feeling of no energy and his face and skin color had a clammy look to it real pale. After taking a moment in the mens restroom to clean up the employee returned to their work station where they still felt week so the employee stepped into the walk in cooler nearby to cool off. A co worker saw the supervisor making their round and notified them at the moment employee stepped into walk in cooler. Supervisor took employee to break room to rest hydrate. After resting and hydrating the employee still felt weak so supervisor moved employee to office and further treated with ice packs.

Heat Stress Exhaustion Stroke Internal Systems Organs Circulatory System

high temperatures in the bakery combined with lack of proper hydration

Heat Stress exhaustion internal system and organs

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 #
178
Date of incident
Shift started
5:00
Time of incident
11:10
Filing year
2025
Submitted
29JAN26:13:17:00

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.