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 creeler 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
- Bottom of creel Tufting Machine 14
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 16
Before the incident
Hanging cones of yarn
What happened
Associate reported her right wrist and back of neck is hurting She stated this has been going on for a few days but [REDACTED] the pain is unbearable. She stated that she feels she has been put to work on her own since she started to work She did not report anything because she thought it was normal to feel this since she has never creeled before. I observed that her veins on her right wrist are swollen. She states she cannot carry anything on her right hand because of how much it hurts. The associates neck seems like a bump on where the associate is stating that it hurts She stated that the yarn on Machine 14 was heavy I went to weigh the yarn which weighs about 12 pounds which is the average weight She is still in training and she has been here for 3 weeks She stated since she been in training on 3rd shift she has been creeling and tying on her own. [REDACTED] always left and left her on her own. She has never creeled before and having to do a repetitive motion from the start could b
Injury or illness
Associates right wrist is swollen and associate has a knot on the back of her neck
Object or substance involved
from doing her normal job procedures
Summary line
Associates right wrist is swollen and associate has a knot on the back of her neck from doing her normal job procedures
Employee and industry
- 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
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 698
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 1,410,977
- EIN
- 581032521
- Establishment ID
- 137966
- Employer case #
- 202355167
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 23:00
- Time of incident
- 04:10
- 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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