Cartersville, GA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Plant 13
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Plant 13 in 1061 West Avenue, Cartersville, GA 30120 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was BST Level III in carpet and Rug Mills.
Where did this happen?
- 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 in the Primary Process Yarn Warehouse location W301
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
The associate was retrieving yarn cases from the warehouse
What happened
An associate operating squeeze PIT 271T was pulling orders The associate had a half box fall from the top of a yarn stack pulled from location [REDACTED] The fallen box broke open and cones were scattered on the ground The associate dismounted the PIT and began to gather the scattered cones As the associate was gathering the cones and repositioning the box a stack of yarn tipped over towards the associate One of the falling cases struck the associate on the right side of their torso The associate had to crawl out from under a case of yarn that was partially covering them The associate did not show any immediate injuries and has been sent to the ER for further evaluation
Injury or illness
Felt soreness around the ribs and back area
Object or substance involved
after being struck by a falling case of yarn
Summary line
Felt soreness around the ribs back area after being struck by a falling case of yarn
Employee and industry
- Job description
- BST Level III
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 314110: Carpet and Rug Mills
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 401
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 835,952
- EIN
- 581032521
- Establishment ID
- 137971
- Employer case #
- 202354844
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 08:00
- Time of incident
- 13:15
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-01-17
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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