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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 tufting 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
Machine 31 and Machine 32
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
79

Walking back and forth from one machine to another

S Associate reported that their left knee hurts a lot Every time they walk up and down the stairs it hurts The associate stated they felt this pain since the day before and reported it [REDACTED] Even in the cat walk on the machines hurt because they have to walk up and down the cat walk constantly when trying to run 2 machines O What I observed is that on her left knee her right side of the knee hurts when pressing pressure on it The machine she was running was machine 31 and 32 Machine 31 was giving her the most issues with the unthreading part We had Maintenace working on machine 31 to resolve the issue A Applied ice pack on their knee Set up an appointment to go see the nurse P If the machine is running badly when running 2 machines to separate the machines so they do not have to go back and forth from one machine to another I also advised the associates to report any mechanical issues right away so they do not have to stress out it

Left knee is hurting when going up and down

steps

Left knee is hurting when going up and down steps

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
Avg employees
698
Total hours worked
1410977
EIN
581032521
Establishment ID
137966
Employer case #
202355739
Date of incident
Shift started
23:00:00.000
Time of incident
15:00:00.000
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.