Fitzgerald, GA —
OSHA Injury Report: American Blanching Co
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at American Blanching Co in Fitzgerald, GA 31750 resulted in days away from work. Employee was maintenance Technician 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 Roast Sorting Department
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 90
Before the incident
Trouble shooting equipment in the sorting department
What happened
EE was attempting to reach a valve above a piece of equipment & did not seek a ladder to reach the equipment. EE stepped upon the machinery and a moving swing gate attached to the railing of a mezzanine reaching for the valve. The swing gate opened with the pressure against it causing the EE to lose balance and fall 80 inches to the concrete floor below landing upon left shoulder.
Injury or illness
Broken collarbone on left side
Object or substance involved
concrete floor
Summary line
Broken left collarbone
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Maintenance Technician
- SOC code
- 49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- 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_292
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 19:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 5:00:00.000
- Submitted
- 28FEB24:21:29:00
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.