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
- Machine 31 and Machine 32
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 79
Before the incident
Walking back and forth from one machine to another
What happened
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
Injury or illness
Left knee is hurting when going up and down
Object or substance involved
steps
Summary line
Left knee is hurting when going up and down steps
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 #
- 202355739
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 23:00
- Time of incident
- 15:00
- 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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