Americus, GA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Tamarack Foods
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Tamarack Foods in 119 Old Andersonville Road, Americus, GA 31719 resulted in days away from work. Employee was production technician in frozen food entrees (except seafood based), packaged, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Tamarack Foods
- Parent company
- Tamarack Foods
- Street
- 119 Old Andersonville Road
- City
- Americus
- State
- GA
- ZIP
- 31719
- On-site location
- Cook Room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 3
Before the incident
Employee was grading cooked chicken at the end of Fryer.
What happened
Maintenance adjusted an operational valve that increases and decreases the flow of chicken in oil. When it was opened left over water residue in the pipe from previous cleaning was unintentionally introduced into the cooking oil causing it to bubble. Cooking oil then splashed out of the end of the fryer on to the employees lower left leg.
Injury or illness
Burn to employee 's shin (lower left leg)
Object or substance involved
Cooking oil
Summary line
Cooking oil splashed on to employee 's left leg causing a burn
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Production technician
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 311412: Frozen food entrees (except seafood based), packaged, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 46
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 86,614
- EIN
- 862501341
- Establishment ID
- 1012447
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:25
- Time of incident
- 14:41
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-26
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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