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OSHA Injury Report: Pioneer Frozen Foods SC

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Pioneer Frozen Foods SC in Prosperity, SC 29127 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was operator in bakery products, dry (e.g., biscuits, cookies, crackers), manufacturing.

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
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
54

Associate was loading a batch of shortening blocks (8 blocks batch at 50lbs each).

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.

Strain Back Lower Back Middle Back Upper Back

Lifting 12-13 shortening blocks (50 lbs)

Strain Back Lower Back Middle Back Upper Back Lifting 12-13 shortening blocks (50 lbs) Lowering lifting carrying

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
Avg employees
192
Total hours worked
449253
EIN
741508677
Establishment ID
987503
Employer case #
80
Date of incident
Shift started
23:00:00.000
Time of incident
3:00:00.000
Submitted
19JAN24:13:04:00

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.