Paducah, KY —
OSHA Injury Report: Dippin Dots
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Dippin Dots in Paducah, KY 42001 resulted in days away from work. Employee was bulk Line Production in frozen desserts (except bakery) manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Dippin Dots
- Parent company
- Dippin Dots
- Street
- 5101 Charter Oak Drive
- City
- Paducah
- State
- KY
- ZIP
- 42001
- On-site location
- warehouse
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 3
Before the incident
Employee was in the process of setting up the cup line and getting dry ice out of the storage containers in the warehouse to put on a cart to bring into production.
What happened
At approximately [REDACTED] on [REDACTED] employee injured their back. Injured employee states that they were in the process of setting up the cup line and getting dry ice out of the storage containers in the warehouse to put on a cart to bring into production. Employee was using a tool shown below to retrieve the dry ice. As they were pulling the dry ice out of the tote is when they felt a pain across their back reporting an 8 10 on the pain scale and stated they were having trouble breathing. Employee is now at a 6 10 after taking OTC Leg and back pain relief. Employee is requesting to be seen and investigation is still ongoing.
Injury or illness
Injury
Object or substance involved
Ergonomics
Summary line
Employee states that they strained their back retrieving dry ice.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Bulk Line Production
- SOC code
- 51-9111 — Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
- NAICS code
- 311520 — Frozen desserts (except bakery) manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 153
- Total hours worked
- 306000
- Establishment ID
- 1115258
- Employer case #
- F2D2258
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 6:15:00.000
- Submitted
- 12FEB24:20:05:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.