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OSHA Injury Report: Flowers Baking Co. of Lakeland, Inc.

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Flowers Baking Co. of Lakeland, Inc. in Lakeland, FL 33815 resulted in days away from work. Employee was wrap Machine Operator in bakery products, fresh (i.e., bread, cakes, doughnuts, pastries), made in commercial bakeries.

Establishment
Flowers Baking Co. of Lakeland, Inc.
Parent company
Flowers Baking Co. of Lakeland, Inc.
Street
3355 W Memorial Blvd
City
Lakeland
State
FL
ZIP
33815
On-site location
Just outside the Supervisors entrance/exit door stairwell
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
30

Employee was leaving the building and waiting for his uber ride. He went out the exit door on the side of the building and was on his phone watching for the uber. Once he noticed the uber car entered the parking lot he proceeded down the stairs while walking down the stairs he failed to maintain 3 points of contact while putting his phone in his pocket. He then missed a step and fell spraining his left ankle and foot. He fell approximately 6-12 inches (two steps) from the bottom.

Employee was leaving the building and waiting for his uber ride. He went out the exit door on the side of the building and was on his phone watching for the uber. Once he noticed the uber car entered the parking lot he proceeded down the stairs while walking down the stairs he failed to maintain 3 points of contact while putting his phone in his pocket. He then missed a step and fell spraining his left ankle and foot. He fell approximately 6-12 inches (two steps) from the bottom.

Sprain Ankle Left Ankle

Stairs

Sprain Ankle Left Ankle Stairs Slip trip fall

Job description
Wrap Machine Operator
SOC code
51-9111 — Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
NAICS code
311812 — Bakery products, fresh (i.e., bread, cakes, doughnuts, pastries), made in commercial bakeries
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
212
Total hours worked
476864
EIN
592430639
Establishment ID
1081592
Employer case #
73
Date of incident
Shift started
15:00
Time of incident
20:50
Filing year
2025
Submitted
30JAN26:16:22:00

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.