Ponca City, OK —
OSHA Injury Report: Dorada Foods
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Dorada Foods in Ponca City, OK 74601 resulted in days away from work. Employee was freezer Exit Grader in chickens, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked (except baby and pet food).
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Dorada Foods
- Parent company
- Dorada Foods
- Street
- 2000 Hall Blvd.
- City
- Ponca City
- State
- OK
- ZIP
- 74601
- On-site location
- Line 6 Nitrogen Tunnel
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 74
Before the incident
Employee was grading frozen chicken at the exit end of the nitrogen tunnel.
What happened
Employee states that throughout his shift the nitrogen gas continued coming out of the end of the tunnel due to the exhaust not working correctly. The employee states that maintenance staff were working on the exhaust throughout the shift. The employee also states that he did not rotate from this position the entire night. The employee has diabetes and diabetic neuropathy making the sensation in his fingers decreased. The employee was continually exposed to nitrogen gas frozen chicken all evening.
Injury or illness
Frostbite of the right hand; blisters to the right pinky finger and right middle finger.
Object or substance involved
Frozen chicken nitrogen gas.
Summary line
Frostbite of the right hand fingers sustained from prolonged contact with cold product and nitrogen.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Freezer Exit Grader
- SOC code
- 51-3022 — Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
- NAICS code
- 311615 — Chickens, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked (except baby and pet food)
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 796
- Total hours worked
- 1353435
- EIN
- 273239712
- Establishment ID
- 730546
- Employer case #
- 15
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 15:52
- Time of incident
- 18:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 17JAN2025:15:38:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.