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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 maintenance Engineer 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
Maintenance Shop
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Employee was working the [REDACTED] on a welding project. He and another employee were swapping out doing the welding and while the other was welding the other was in the area. The employee left for the day and went home then [REDACTED] his eyes were burning and states everything was blurry and couldnt see two feet in front of him. At this point his girlfriend took him to the ER and was diagnosed with Flash Burn to the eyes. There was no immediate pain or injury to the employees eyes at any time while at work.

Employee was working the [REDACTED] on a welding project. He and another employee were swapping out doing the welding and while the other was welding the other was in the area. The employee left for the day and went home then [REDACTED] his eyes were burning and states everything was blurry and couldnt see two feet in front of him. At this point his girlfriend took him to the ER and was diagnosed with Flash Burn to the eyes. There was no immediate pain or injury to the employees eyes at any time while at work.

Eye Irritation Eye Left Eye Right Eye

Welders Keratitis of both eyes

Eye Irritation Eye Left EyeRight Eye Wlders Keratitis of both eyes Exposure to

Job description
Maintenance Engineer
SOC code
51-8021 — Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators
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
445655
EIN
592430639
Establishment ID
1081592
Employer case #
49
Date of incident
Shift started
8:00:00.000
Time of incident
15:00:00.000
Submitted
23JAN24:21:42:00

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.