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OSHA Injury Report: Plant 13

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Plant 13 in Cartersville, GA 30120 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was primary Process Level IV in carpet and Rug Mills.

Establishment
Plant 13
Parent company
Shaw Industries Group Inc.
Street
1061 West Avenue
City
Cartersville
State
GA
ZIP
30120
On-site location
The event occurred on the beam side of Mc19
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
1

The associate was in the process of cleaning yarn off the wheels on a ladder

An associate was cleaning the yarn off the wheels on the ladder located on the beam side of [REDACTED] larger metal platform ladder The ladder was laid flat on the ground with the wheels up As the associate was loosening the wheel on the left side the ratchet slipped resulting with the associate bumping their right elbow on either the ladders frame or the brake release pedal The associate thought they had just bumped their funny bone and continued working Over [REDACTED] the associate was burning in and felt stiffness on their right elbow The associate glanced at their elbow and noticed a rather large lump The associate brought the injury to the team managers attention The associate was treated with rest ice and keeping the arm elevated

Hematoma on the right elbow

when wrench slipped and elbow hit the ladder

Hematoma on the right elbow when wrench slipped and elbow hit the ladder

Job description
Primary Process Level IV
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
314110 — Carpet and Rug Mills
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
401
Total hours worked
835952
EIN
581032521
Establishment ID
137971
Employer case #
202354709
Date of incident
Shift started
8:00:00.000
Time of incident
9:00:00.000
Submitted
17JAN24:20:27:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.