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OSHA Injury Report: American Blanching Co

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at American Blanching Co in 155 Rip Wiley Road, Fitzgerald, GA 31750 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was sanitation Specialist in seeds, snack (e.g., canned, cooked, roasted, salted) manufacturing.

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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 outside of granulation room

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

cleaning walls with a telescopic pole and brush

What happened

EE collapsed the telescopic pole and did not hold the hand grips properly. EE ' left thumb was crushed between the pole hand grips as it collapsed upon itself causing a laceration to the thumb

Injury or illness

Laceration of the left thumb

Object or substance involved

The hand grips to an aluminum telescopic pole

Summary line

laceration of left thumb by collapsing telescoping pole

Employee and industry

Job description
Sanitation Specialist
SOC code
53-7061 — Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment
NAICS code
311911 — Seeds, snack (e.g., canned, cooked, roasted, salted) manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
230
Total hours worked
597990
EIN
581926957
Establishment ID
580944
Employer case #
25_660

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
14:30
Filing year
2025
Submitted
20FEB26:21:04:00

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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.