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OSHA Injury Report: Flowers Baking Company of Knoxville

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Flowers Baking Company of Knoxville in Knoxville, TN 37921 resulted in days away from work. Employee was shipping Helper in bakery products, fresh (i.e., bread, cakes, doughnuts, pastries), made in commercial bakeries.

Establishment
Flowers Baking Company of Knoxville
Parent company
Flowers Baking Company of Knoxville
Street
3100 North West Park Dr
City
Knoxville
State
TN
ZIP
37921
On-site location
Shipping dock door 6
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
1
Days restricted or transferred
4

The employee was raising a dock plate in door 6 to begin unloading at trailer using one of the metal bars located next to the door

he was pulling back on the bar to raise the plate employee did not get it all the way back before losing hold of the bar allowing it to come up and strike him in the right eye causing a cut on his right eyebrow.

Laceration Cut Open Wound Eye Right Eye Lid

Metal bar

Laceration Cut Open Wound Eye Right Eye Lid Metal bar Struck by

Job description
Shipping Helper
SOC code
43-5071 — Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks
NAICS code
311812 — Bakery products, fresh (i.e., bread, cakes, doughnuts, pastries), made in commercial bakeries
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
244
Total hours worked
498763
Establishment ID
961154
Employer case #
146
Date of incident
Shift started
0:00
Time of incident
4:05
Filing year
2024
Submitted
28JAN2025:15:21:00

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.