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OSHA Injury Report: Pilgrim's Pride Processing Plant

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Pilgrim's Pride Processing Plant in 125 INDUSTRIAL BLVD, ELLIJAY, GA 30540 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was waste water mechanic in chickens, slaughtering and dressing.

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
Caustic pump in waste water

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Before the incident

EE states he was replacing the caustic pump hose because the hose had frozen

What happened

EE states he replaced the hose on the caustic pump and was priming it with water hose when he noticed a leak and reached to fix the hose and the hose blew off spraying chemical and water into his fae and eyes

Injury or illness

Burning to bilateral eyes

Object or substance involved

Chemical 50% Caustic liquid caustic detergent

Summary line

burning to bilateral eyes chemical

Employee and industry

Job description
waste water mechanic
SOC code
49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
NAICS code
311615 — Chickens, slaughtering and dressing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
932
Total hours worked
1838117
Establishment ID
186998
Employer case #
2025-39

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
12:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
06JAN26:21:07:00

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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.