Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Shaw Industries Group, Inc., 2305 Abutment Road, DALTON, GEORGIA 30720
on , Fractures, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
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Final narrative
With the assistance of other employees, the injured employee was relocating a tufting machine. The employees were in the process of leveling the machine by inserting metal leveling plates under the machine. The machine was being lifted by a 10-ton capacity pneumatic floor jack. The jack slipped and the tufting machine dropped trapping the employee's hand underneath. The employee suffered two fractured fingers.
HospitalizedFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, n.e.c.
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