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

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Flowers Baking Co. of Lakeland, Inc. in Lakeland, FL 33815 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was production Helper 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
Line 3 Mixer
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

The employee was getting a bucket of vinegar and took it to the mixer on line 3 when the nozzle got caught on the machine causing vinegar to splash on his face and into his eyes primarily affecting the left eye. Employee went to the eye station to flush his eye(s) the supervisor also came to assist. After a [REDACTED] of flushing employee wanted to go to the hospital.

The employee was getting a bucket of vinegar and took it to the mixer on line 3 when the nozzle got caught on the machine causing vinegar to splash on his face and into his eyes primarily affecting the left eye. Employee went to the eye station to flush his eye(s) the supervisor also came to assist. After a [REDACTED] of flushing employee wanted to go to the hospital.

Eye Irritation Eye Left Eye

Vinegar

Eye Irritation Eye Left Eye Vinegar Hazard Communication (Chemical)

Job description
Production Helper
SOC code
51-3099 — Food Processing Workers, All Other
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 #
83
Date of incident
Shift started
14:00
Time of incident
19:57
Filing year
2025
Submitted
30JAN26:16:49:00

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.