Flowers Baking Co. of Baton Rouge, LLC

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified — BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Flowers Baking Co. of Baton Rouge, LLC in 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.

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