Tifton, Georgia · General Warehousing and Storage · NAICS 493110
1inspections
2citation items
$9,188current penalties
Feb 22, 2018last inspection
OSHA has inspected Orgill, Inc. once in Georgia.
The inspection began on Feb 22, 2018 on a referral, in Tifton.
That inspection ended with 2 citation items: 2 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $12,722 and now stand at $9,188, 28% lower after settlements or reviews.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for transportation and warehousing employers since 2015 is $3,555, and Orgill, Inc. averages $9,188 (1 cited inspection).
Orgill, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 2 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on Feb 21, 2018: Employee amputates toes while operating pallet rider
At 3:00 p.m. on February 21, 2018, an employee was operating a double pallet rider while driving down an aisle to place some inventory at a drop-off point. A coworker was operating a floor scrubber nearby and stopped when approached by the employee driving the pallet rider. The employee slide into a rack guard and caught his right food between the guard and the pallet rider, amputating four toes. The employee was hospitalized.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Tifton site logged 14 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 369 workers: 3.3 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.7 for its industry. Those cases cost 332 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Orgill Tifton Distribution Center
Tifton · 2025
369
14
5
3.3
1.7
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 2 reports on file.
Jan 20, 2021, Tifton: Amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)
An employee was pulling a cart. She turned a corner and was straightening the cart on the right when her left hand was smashed between the cart and a metal post. The little fingertip was smashed and had to be amputated.
Feb 21, 2018, Tifton: Amputation · amputations · toes(s), toenail(s)
An employee was operating a pallet rider powered industrial truck in an aisle. When he applied the brakes, the pallet rider skidded and his foot was pinned between the side of the pallet rider and the guardrail for some racks. He had multiple toes amputated on his left foot.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements
29 CFR 1910.303(b)(2)
(2) Installation and use. Listed or labeled equipment shall be installed and used in accordance with any instructions included in the listing or labeling.
(4) If the direction of travel to the exit or exit discharge is not immediately apparent, signs must be posted along the exit access indicating the direction of travel to the nearest exit and exit discharge. Additionally, the line-of-sight to an exit sign must clearly be visible at all times.
Other general warehousing and storage employers in Georgia
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.
