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OSHA Injury Report: Dippin Dots

Injury · Days away from work

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.

Establishment
Dippin Dots
Parent company
Dippin Dots
Street
5101 Charter Oak Drive
City
Paducah
State
KY
ZIP
42001
On-site location
warehouse
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
3

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.

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

Ergonomics

Employee states that they strained their back retrieving dry ice.

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
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
6:15:00.000
Submitted
12FEB24:20:05:00

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.