Fitzgerald, GA —
OSHA Injury Report: American Blanching Co
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at American Blanching Co in Fitzgerald, GA 31750 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was roast Lift Truck 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 Peanut Butter staging room adjacent to filler room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 22
Before the incident
EE was shifting a 500 pound drum on a pallet manually
What happened
EE pulled a back muscle by overexertion as a result of not properly moving ALL drums with a mechanical lifting device
Injury or illness
Lower back strain
Object or substance involved
None . overexertion is cause of injury
Summary line
EE was staging 500 # drum onto a pallet for transport to storage. After shifting (1) drum on pallet manually EE used mechanical lifting device to relocate other drums to the storage pallet. In the process EE apparently strained back by overexertion.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Roast Lift Truck Operator
- SOC code
- 53-7051 — Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
- NAICS code
- 311911 — Seeds, snack (e.g., canned, cooked, roasted, salted) manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 356
- Total hours worked
- 667613
- EIN
- 581926957
- Establishment ID
- 580944
- Employer case #
- 23_449
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 7:30:00.000
- Submitted
- 28FEB24:20:17:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.