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OSHA Injury Report: American Blanching Co

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

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.

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
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
22

EE was shifting a 500 pound drum on a pallet manually

EE pulled a back muscle by overexertion as a result of not properly moving ALL drums with a mechanical lifting device

Lower back strain

None . overexertion is cause of injury

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.

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
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
7:30:00.000
Submitted
28FEB24:20:17:00

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.