Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2017-08-03 | Chickamauga | Georgia | SHAW INDUSTRIES Group Inc., Plant SP | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a vertical sander to sand rough edges on a guard/rail when the sander cut and amputated his left thumb. | |||||
2016-10-16 | Chickamauga | Georgia | SHAW INDUSTRIES Group Inc., Plant SP | Hip(s) and leg(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
While an employee was pulling out secondary backing to make a waste collection bag at the scales for warp waste, the employee's feet became tangled in waste on the floor. The employee fell to the ground and fractured the right femur and right hip. | |||||
2015-12-12 | Chickamauga | Georgia | SHAW INDUSTRIES | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee amputated her right middle fingertip while operating the card spinning machine. | |||||
2015-08-02 | Chickamauga | Georgia | Shaw Industries Group, Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping, n.e.c. |
While moving a scissor lift, an employee stepped onto the forks of another parked forklift. His foot got stuck on the forks and he fell, injuring his left hip socket. |