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OSHA Injury Report: Plant 4

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Plant 4 in 2225 S Hamilton Ext., Dalton, GA 30720 resulted in days away from work. Employee was creeler in carpet and Rug Mills.

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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
Top of machine 11

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
96
Days restricted or transferred
21

Before the incident

Splicing in her creel on top of machine 11

What happened

Associate was splicing on top 11 while having to step up to reach the top [REDACTED] associate was trying to move to the next post to splice from the top down without stepping down to the floor first [REDACTED] had the back of her pants get caught by [REDACTED] and pulled her causing to lose balance and falling to the floor on her right knee

Injury or illness

Associate received a bruise when she fell on right knee

Object or substance involved

onto the creel floor because the creel post grabbed her clothing

Summary line

[REDACTED] received a bruise when she fell on right knee onto the creel floor because the creel post grabbed her clothing

Employee and industry

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
698
Total hours worked
1410977
EIN
581032521
Establishment ID
137966
Employer case #
202355236

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
15:00:00.000
Time of incident
19:15:00.000
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.