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OSHA Injury Report: Pilgrim's Pride Processing Plant

Other illness · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an other illness at Pilgrim's Pride Processing Plant in 125 INDUSTRIAL BLVD, ELLIJAY, GA 30540 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was box machine operator in chickens, slaughtering and dressing.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Pilgrim's Pride Processing Plant
Parent company
PILGRIM'S PRIDE
Street
125 INDUSTRIAL BLVD
City
ELLIJAY
State
GA
ZIP
30540
On-site location
KFC box machine

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Other illness (code 6)

Before the incident

EE stated she was loading card board on the box machine at a fast pace.

What happened

EE stated My neck upper arm and shoulder muscles started hurting yesterday after loading the machine. We were short on help and I was having to work faster.

Injury or illness

Inflammation to right shoulder

Object or substance involved

Repetitive motion of loading cardboard boxes on machine

Summary line

Pain to right neck shoulder upper arm repetitive motion

Employee and industry

Job description
box machine operator
SOC code
51-9111 — Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
NAICS code
311615 — Chickens, slaughtering and dressing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
932
Total hours worked
1838117
Establishment ID
186998
Employer case #
2025-33

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:45
Time of incident
16:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
06JAN26:20:55:00

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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.