| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-07-29 | Chatsworth | Ga | Polytech Fibers, LLC | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was near a production machine when it sprayed hot plastic onto the employee, causing burns to the left arm, face, and chest. | |||||
| 2020-10-18 | Chatsworth | Ga | Mohawk Industries | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was performing maintenance on a yarn twister machine. When the employee started up the machine, it caught and amputated the employee's left little finger. | |||||
| 2020-03-18 | Chatsworth | Georgia | Shaw Industries Group, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was repairing a broken yard end. While he was untying yarn ends to remove a yarn wrap from a 4-inch feed roller, the roller cycled, pinching the tip of his right thumb between a 2-inch tension roller and the 4-inch feed roller. He suffered an amputation to the thumb. | |||||
| 2019-07-13 | Chatsworth | Georgia | The Dixie Group | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was operating a standup forklift when the back wheels struck a piece of wood causing the forklift to become unstable. The employee lost balance and the forklift struck a shelving rack. The shelves' horizontal member struck the employee in the chest causing a rib fracture on the right side. | |||||
| 2019-07-02 | Chatsworth | Illinois | Prinsco, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
| A forklift operator was loading plastic pipe onto a trailer. The forklift backed up and ran over another employee's leg. The injured employee suffered a laceration to the leg and broken bone in the ankle. | |||||
| 2017-10-15 | Chatsworth | Georgia | Shaw Industries, Inc. | Face | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was assisting with carpet roll wrapping. He was starting to roll on the wrap cradle when his hands were caught in loose carpet and pulled into the wrap cradle. He suffered bilateral contusions to both arms, muscle trauma, and an avulsion to the right side of his face near his eye. | |||||
| 2017-06-27 | Chatsworth | Georgia | Shaw Industries, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was attempting to manually adjust the position of a wall hanging fan when two of her fingers entered the cage and were struck by the metal fan blades. She suffered lacerations and a partial right ring finger amputation. | |||||
| 2017-02-24 | Chatsworth | Georgia | Mattex USA | Head and neck | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was changing out a screen on the extruder and received second and third degree burns on the neck and face from the heated polypropylene (240 to 280 degrees C). The employee was not using PPE at the time. | |||||
| 2016-08-02 | Chatsworth | Georgia | Lonesome Oak Trading Company | Lower leg(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was ejecting a bale from a baler. He was standing in front of the bale while pushing the button to eject it. The bale began to come out and his right ankle was caught underneath it, breaking his right lower leg. | |||||
| 2015-10-15 | Chatsworth | Georgia | Shaw Industries Group Plant WE | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was clearing a jam on the tack machine and fractured the right thumb. | |||||