Prosperity, SC ·
OSHA Injury Report: Pioneer Frozen Foods SC
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Pioneer Frozen Foods SC in 11891 C. R. Koon Highway, Prosperity, SC 29127 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was operator in bakery products, dry (e.g., biscuits, cookies, crackers), manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Pioneer Frozen Foods SC
- Parent company
- C. H. Guenter & Son - Pioneer Frozen Foods
- Street
- 11891 C. R. Koon Highway
- City
- Prosperity
- State
- SC
- ZIP
- 29127
- On-site location
- Dough Line
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 54
Before the incident
Associate was loading a batch of shortening blocks (8 blocks batch at 50lbs each).
What happened
Associate was loading a batch of shortening blocks (8 blocks batch at 50lbs each). The shortening got stuck in the pipes which required them to bleed off the shortening and then add 4-5 additional shortening blocks. Associate stated that they were sore when they came to work from the night before (soreness like after working out). Sometime between [REDACTED] associate stated that their pain had become unbearable and they reported to their Team Leader that their back was hurt and they were going to the ER. [REDACTED] stated that the associate told him that their back was sore and they were going to go home. Associate stated that they had pain on the left side of their back from their shoulder blade to their lower back.
Injury or illness
Strain Back Lower Back Middle Back Upper Back
Object or substance involved
Lifting 12-13 shortening blocks (50 lbs)
Summary line
Strain Back Lower Back Middle Back Upper Back Lifting 12-13 shortening blocks (50 lbs) Lowering lifting carrying
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Operator
- SOC code
- 51-3099: Food Processing Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 311821: Bakery products, dry (e.g., biscuits, cookies, crackers), manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 192
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 449,253
- EIN
- 741508677
- Establishment ID
- 987503
- Employer case #
- 80
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 23:00
- Time of incident
- 03:00
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-01-19
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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