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OSHA Injury Report: Plant WE

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Plant WE in Chatsworth, GA 30705 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was creeler in carpet and Rug Mills.

Establishment
Plant WE
Parent company
Shaw Industries Group Inc.
Street
616 Duvall Road
City
Chatsworth
State
GA
ZIP
30705
On-site location
Tufting machine 40
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
80

Associate was pulling pole from the core

Associate was performing a backing change on tufting machine 40 around [REDACTED] Associate was pulling the pole out of the old core when the associate responsible for catching the pole failed to catch it This allowed the pole to fall to the floor hurting associates shoulder and neck

Strain to neck and shoulder

Pulling on Backing pole during backing change

Strain to neck and shoulder Pulling on Backing pole during backing change

Job description
Creeler
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
553
Total hours worked
1032776
EIN
581032521
Establishment ID
138028
Employer case #
202351873
Date of incident
Shift started
7:30:00.000
Time of incident
11:10:00.000
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.