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OSHA Injury Report: Plant 13

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Plant 13 in 1061 West Avenue, Cartersville, GA 30120 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was bST Level III 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 in the Primary Process Yarn Warehouse location W301

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Before the incident

The associate was retrieving yarn cases from the warehouse

What happened

An associate operating squeeze PIT 271T was pulling orders The associate had a half box fall from the top of a yarn stack pulled from location [REDACTED] The fallen box broke open and cones were scattered on the ground The associate dismounted the PIT and began to gather the scattered cones As the associate was gathering the cones and repositioning the box a stack of yarn tipped over towards the associate One of the falling cases struck the associate on the right side of their torso The associate had to crawl out from under a case of yarn that was partially covering them The associate did not show any immediate injuries and has been sent to the ER for further evaluation

Injury or illness

Felt soreness around the ribs and back area

Object or substance involved

after being struck by a falling case of yarn

Summary line

Felt soreness around the ribs back area after being struck by a falling case of yarn

Employee and industry

Job description
BST Level III
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 #
202354844

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
8:00:00.000
Time of incident
13:15:00.000
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.