Savannah, GA —
OSHA Injury Report: Plant PW
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Plant PW in Savannah, GA 31407 resulted in days away from work. Employee was driver Spotter in private warehousing and storage except farm products, general merchandise, refrigerated.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Plant PW
- Parent company
- Shaw Industries Group Inc.
- Street
- 445 Northport Parkway
- City
- Savannah
- State
- GA
- ZIP
- 31407
- On-site location
- PW fence line on receiving side.
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 5
- Days restricted or transferred
- 22
Before the incident
Driver was working on beginning to hook into a trailer to begin to put in the door to receive. Driver was inside of jockey truck.
What happened
[REDACTED] was backing jockey truck into loaded container trailer in receiving fence line at [REDACTED]. [REDACTED] reported that container was sitting very low and was difficult to connect with 5th wheel because it was sitting low. Driver reported jarring lower back causing pain and discomfort in lower back. Driver reported they had pre-existing issue with their back. Driver reported to Supervisor and stated they were heading home after this incident.
Injury or illness
Strained lower back
Object or substance involved
a jarring caused by the attempt to connect a trailer to a vehicle.
Summary line
Strained lower back a jarring caused by the attempt to connect a trailer to a vehicle.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Driver Spotter
- SOC code
- 53-3032 — Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- NAICS code
- 493190 — Private warehousing and storage except farm products, general merchandise, refrigerated
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 338
- Total hours worked
- 611233
- EIN
- 581032521
- Establishment ID
- 472025
- Employer case #
- 2025-6543
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 15:00
- Time of incident
- 18:25
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 26FEB26:15:00:00
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.