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OSHA Injury Report: Plant WD

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Plant WD in Dalton, GA 30720 resulted in days away from work. Employee was creeler Operator in carpet and Rug Mills.

Establishment
Plant WD
Parent company
Shaw Industries Group Inc.
Street
2305 Abutment Rd
City
Dalton
State
GA
ZIP
30720
On-site location
Tufter Beam machine 46
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
60
Days restricted or transferred
120

Cutting a roll to doff on machine 46

Associate was picking up empty backing core to place on roll up on Tufting machine 46 She was only picking up one end of the core with help on the other end The associate started a new roll and was watching her trainee thread up a needle When the associate pressed her left hand against a post she noticed a little pain in the bottom of her palm Associate said that she doesnt know what caused the pain only that she noticed it after she picked up the backing core Associate was given bio freeze and returned to work Associate does not need to see a nurse at this time

pain to the palm of her left hand

lifting an empty backing core

pain to the palm of her left hand lifting an empty backing core

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
672
Total hours worked
1240108
EIN
581032521
Establishment ID
138027
Employer case #
202354086
Date of incident
Shift started
15:00:00.000
Time of incident
16:00:00.000
Submitted
17JAN24:20:28:00

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.