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OSHA Injury Report: Plant 13

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Plant 13 in 1061 West Avenue, Cartersville, GA 30120 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was primary Process Level II in carpet and Rug Mills.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Plant 13
Parent company
Shaw Industries Group Inc.
Street
1061 West Avenue
City
Cartersville
State
GA
ZIP
30120
On-site location
The event occurred on the beam sided of tufting mc 03

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
6

Before the incident

The associate was moving a wrong color end on beam 07 to the edge of the machine During the process of threading the end the associate reached for the splicer

What happened

An associate working on Tufting Mc 03 grabbed a splicer on the beam side of the machine The associate felt pain in their right hand noticed blood and realized they had been cut by an exposed blade on the splicer The associate reported the injury to a team manager The cut was cleaned with saline antibiotic ointment was applied and the cut was covered with gauze A picture of the wound was sent to the plant nurse to confirm proper treatment

Injury or illness

Small laceration to palm of right hand

Object or substance involved

splicer blade

Summary line

Small laceration to palm of right hand splicer blade

Employee and industry

Job description
Primary Process Level II
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
314110 — Carpet and Rug Mills
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
401
Total hours worked
835952
EIN
581032521
Establishment ID
137971
Employer case #
202355361

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
8:00:00.000
Time of incident
9:40:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
17JAN24:20:27:00

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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 — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.