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 equipment Operator 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 grind room at granule dump station
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Hanging a tote of granules to be dumped into production
What happened
EE was opening a tote of granule peanuts to dump into peanut butter production. Cord on bottom of tote was knotted and the EE used knife to attempt to open tote. The knife slipped resulting in a laceration to the EE 's left index finger
Injury or illness
Laceration of left index finger
Object or substance involved
pocket knife
Summary line
EE was opening a tote of peanuts using a pocket knife cutting a cord. The knife slipped resulting in a laceration of the EE 's left index finger
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Equipment Operator
- SOC code
- 51-9199 — Production Workers, All Other
- 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_875
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 7:32
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 25FEB26:16:11:00
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.