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OSHA Injury Report: Flowers Baking Company of Knoxville

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Flowers Baking Company of Knoxville in Knoxville, TN 37921 resulted in other recordable case. 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 door 10
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Employee was unstrapping an inbound truck full over empty trays

prior to relieving pressure he tried to remove the strap from sides of trailer when the employee loosened the strap the metal anchor hook swung and hit employee in right eye at brow level causing two small gashes.

Laceration Cut Open Wound Eye Right Eye

ratchet strap hook

Laceration Cut Open Wound Eye Right Eye ratchet strap hook 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 #
156
Date of incident
Shift started
22:00
Time of incident
2:50
Filing year
2024
Submitted
28JAN2025:15:50:00

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.