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OSHA Injury Report: Plant WE

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Plant WE in 616 Duvall Road, Chatsworth, GA 30705 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was inspector Operator in carpet and Rug Mills.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Plant WE
Parent company
Shaw Industries Group Inc.
Street
616 Duvall Road
City
Chatsworth
State
GA
ZIP
30705
On-site location
Tufting Machine 40

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
84

Before the incident

[REDACTED] was changing the backing to wrap her rolls of carpet Picked up the backing pole with a small backing on it

What happened

Associate A was running machine 40 On machine 40 we have to wrap certain styles with backing Associate asked help to pick up the backing and place it on the machine to make it easier on her Associate got 2 other people to help Two of them grab one side and the other associate grabbed the other side Associate that got hurt had helped She wanted to know if there is any other way to change that backing I told her to call her supervisor to help out in the mean time She aggravated her lower back

Injury or illness

Lower back strain

Object or substance involved

picking up backing pole

Summary line

Lower back strain picking up backing pole

Employee and industry

Job description
Inspector Operator
SOC code
51-9061 — Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
NAICS code
314110 — Carpet and Rug Mills
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
553
Total hours worked
1032776
EIN
581032521
Establishment ID
138028
Employer case #
202352462

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
15:30:00.000
Time of incident
21:20:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
17JAN24:20:28:00

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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.