Retail Bakeries

Industry Summary

The Retail Bakeries industry is experiencing greater than average employment growth as of late. In 2014 the government estimated a total of 76,550 workers, then just 12 months later it had climbed to 79,504, an increase of 3.86%. With OSHA reported accident rates of less than that of the the Bread and Bakery Product Manufacturing Industry as a whole, things have been relatively safe over the past five years.

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• Recent Accident Reports

On Monday, July 17th 2017 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Northbrook, IL at Highland Baking Company, Inc.. A 58 year old had been injured when the employee was clearing jammed dough from machine and amputates

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OSHA ID97212.015

Accident Date2017-07-06

Accident DegreeNon Hospitalized injury

NarrativeAt 9:30 p.m. on July 6, 2017, an employee was working on the Adamatic ADR-2 dough machine. The employee reached into the hopper to remove some jammed dough while the machine was turned on and the employee's fingers made contact with the moving blades located at the bottom of the hopper. The employee amputated their middle and ring fingers.

On Tuesday, March 14th 2017 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Torrance, CA after learning of an incident at Innovative Baking, Llc which had occured on Monday, March 6th 2017. A 30 year old woman working as a Machine operator was injured on the job when the employee catches hand in machine press and suffered broken bo

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OSHA ID98637.015

Accident Date2017-03-06

Accident DegreeHospitalized injury

NarrativeAt 6:00 p.m. on March 6, 2017, an employee was operating a pizza press. The employee slid their hand into the press when a presence sensing device was not correctly adjusted and it was trapped within the machine. The employee was transported to hospital where she was admitted and treated for lacerations and a broken hand.

The accident investigation below was opened on Thursday, August 11th 2016 by OSHA representitives in Chicago, IL which had occured previously at Gold Standard Baking, Inc. A had been injured when the caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning

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OSHA IDSevere Injury Report

Accident Date2016-08-06

Accident DegreeInjury

NarrativeWhile cleaning a machine, an employee's finger became caught in the sprocket and chain of the moving equipment. The employee's middle and ring fingers were partially amputated.