DALTON, GEORGIA—
Engineered Floors LLC
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Engineered Floors LLC, 3201 North Dalton Bypass, DALTON, GEORGIA 30721 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was inserting a rug into a roller shaft opening when the machine started and pulled her left hand into the roller shaft opening, resulting in amputation of the left ring finger.
More severe injuries at Engineered Floors LLC
DALTON, GEORGIA—
Engineered Floors, LLC
On October 25, 2024, an employee was operating a warper and had just completed a full beam. He doffed the completed beam onto the floor. The empty beam, which is stored overhead, came down as the employee's left hand was guiding the completed beam. This resulted in the amputation of the little finger.
DALTON, GEORGIA—
ENGINEERED FLOORS, LLC
On April 29, 2024, an employee was replacing a wheel on a toolbox when it came down on his right middle finger, pinching it between the toolbox and the steel fork of a forklift. The fingertip was amputated.
CALHOUN, GEORGIA—
ENGINEERED FLOORS, LLC
An employee was clearing out cones of yarn in a warehouse after a small fire the previous day. A case of yarn (destabilized by the fire and the water that had been used to suppress it) began to fall. As the employee turned to run away, cones of yarn fell out of the case and broke his right ankle.
DALTON, GEORGIA—
ENGINEERED FLOORS, LLC
An employee was operating a forklift when the vehicle struck a support beam. The employee sustained a contusion to his left rib.
DALTON, GEORGIA—
Engineered Floors, LLC.
On September 18, 2021, at approximately 11:08 PM, a maintenance employee was repairing a heatset tunnel exit roller. The rubberized coating on the exit roller ruptured, blowing pressurized steam and hot water onto the employee. The employee was hospitalized with second and third degree burns to the left arm, abdomen, and back.
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