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OSHA Injury Report: Plant 4

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Plant 4 in Dalton, GA 30720 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was creeler Operator in carpet and Rug Mills.

Establishment
Plant 4
Parent company
Shaw Industries Group Inc.
Street
2225 S Hamilton Ext.
City
Dalton
State
GA
ZIP
30720
On-site location
The associate believes that she felt the pain when working and creeling on tufting machine 12 in the bottom
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
56

The associate was creeling and hanging

S Associate came and stated in the beginning of the shift that they wanted to see the nurse I asked why and they stated that that both their elbows hurt while lifting the cone of yarn The right one hurts a lot more I asked since when does it hurt and the associate stated it was [REDACTED] O What I observed that there is no obvious swelling on her arm and elbows I asked why they did not report it as soon as possible and they stated that they thought she was sore for creeling on machine 12 But that later on they noticed that the pain would not go away The associate been on their own for about 4 weeks on the job A No First aid required She just wanted to see the nurse about the pain P Advised the associate to report any type of incident as soon as possible and not wait 2 weeks or more until the pain got worse before saying anything

Associate stated that both elbows hurt

while lifting a cone of yarn

[REDACTED] stated that both elbows hurt while lifting a cone of yarn

Job description
Creeler Operator
SOC code
51-6064 — Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
NAICS code
314110 — Carpet and Rug Mills
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
698
Total hours worked
1410977
EIN
581032521
Establishment ID
137966
Employer case #
202355584
Date of incident
Shift started
23:00:00.000
Time of incident
3:00:00.000
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.