Flowers Baking Co. of Baton Rouge, LLC
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified — BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA
| Employer | Flowers Baking Co. of Baton Rouge, LLC | Report ID | 2024031932 |
| Address | 1504 Florida Blvd. | City, State ZIP | BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 70802 |
| Event Date | March 2, 2024 | Outcome | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Nature of Injury | Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified | Body Part | Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) |
| Event Type | Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing | Source of Injury | Machinery unspecified |
| Secondary Source | Cleaning handtools n.e.c. | ||
| Industry (NAICS) | 311812 | Inspection # | 1733326 |
| GPS Coordinates | 30.44000, -91.17000 | ||
Incident Narrative
An employee was performing preventive maintenance on a machine. The employee was using a shop rag to clean the area when the chain and sprocket caught the rag and pulled in the employee's right hand, causing a partial amputation to the index fingertip. The employee was hospitalized.
Incident Summary
On March 2, 2024, a worker at Flowers Baking Co. of Baton Rouge, LLC in BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA suffered amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified to the finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s). The incident was classified as struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing, with machinery unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.
Context
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