Dalton, GA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Plant 4
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Plant 4 in 2225 S Hamilton Ext., Dalton, GA 30720 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was tufting Operator in carpet and Rug Mills.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Plant 4
- Parent company
- Shaw Industries Group Inc.
- Street
- 2225 S Hamilton Ext.
- City
- Dalton
- State
- GA
- ZIP
- 30720
- On-site location
- on machine 11
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 23
Before the incident
working on changing blade blocks
What happened
Associate stated that she had been changing a lot of blade blocks on machine 11 and her right hand began to hurt from using the T handle too much After closer inspection it was noted that several blocks had been changed Associate was sent to nurse to be evaluated and given needed treatment We also asked associate to as for help if she continued to have to work on changing blocks
Injury or illness
Associate experience pain in her right hand
Object or substance involved
attempting to loosen a t handle on the backing collar
Summary line
Associate experience pain in her right hand attempting to loosen a t handle on the backing collar
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Tufting Operator
- SOC code
- 51-6063: Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- NAICS code
- 314110: Carpet and Rug Mills
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 698
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 1,410,977
- EIN
- 581032521
- Establishment ID
- 137966
- Employer case #
- 202355233
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 11:20
- 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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