Fitzgerald, GA —
OSHA Injury Report: Polar Southern Bottling
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Polar Southern Bottling in Fitzgerald, GA 31750 resulted in days away from work. Employee was machine Operator in beverages, soft drink (including artificially carbonated waters), manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Polar Southern Bottling
- Parent company
- Polar Corporation
- Street
- 255 Jacksonville Highway
- City
- Fitzgerald
- State
- GA
- ZIP
- 31750
- On-site location
- Plant
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 25
Before the incident
Moving a flex hose from inlet and draining wter
What happened
Burst of stem shot out of hose and struck employee in the ribs
Injury or illness
Second degree burns chest
Object or substance involved
steam
Summary line
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Employee and industry
- Job description
- Machine Operator
- SOC code
- 51-9199 — Production Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 312111 — Beverages, soft drink (including artificially carbonated waters), manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 260
- Total hours worked
- 590135
- EIN
- 043026575
- Establishment ID
- 731526
- Employer case #
- F8R1174
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:00
- Time of incident
- 6:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 26JAN26:19:05:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.