Fitzgerald, GA —
OSHA Injury Report: American Blanching Co
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at American Blanching Co in Fitzgerald, GA 31750 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was sanitation Specialist in seeds, snack (e.g., canned, cooked, roasted, salted) manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- American Blanching Co
- Parent company
- American Blanching Company, Inc.
- Street
- 155 Rip Wiley Road
- City
- Fitzgerald
- State
- GA
- ZIP
- 31750
- On-site location
- Plant 2 outside of granulation room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
cleaning walls with a telescopic pole and brush
What happened
EE collapsed the telescopic pole and did not hold the hand grips properly. EE ' left thumb was crushed between the pole hand grips as it collapsed upon itself causing a laceration to the thumb
Injury or illness
Laceration of the left thumb
Object or substance involved
The hand grips to an aluminum telescopic pole
Summary line
laceration of left thumb by collapsing telescoping pole
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Sanitation Specialist
- SOC code
- 53-7061 — Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment
- NAICS code
- 311911 — Seeds, snack (e.g., canned, cooked, roasted, salted) manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 230
- Total hours worked
- 597990
- EIN
- 581926957
- Establishment ID
- 580944
- Employer case #
- 25_660
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 14:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 20FEB26:21:04:00
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.