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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2015096667 · 9/12/2015 · Shaw Industries Group, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source
Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, n.e.c.
Secondary source
Jacks

Employer

Name
Shaw Industries Group, Inc.
Location
2305 Abutment Road, DALTON, GEORGIA, 30720
NAICS
313111
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

With the assistance of other employees, the injured employee was relocating a tufting machine. The employees were in the process of leveling the machine by inserting metal leveling plates under the machine. The machine was being lifted by a 10-ton capacity pneumatic floor jack. The jack slipped and the tufting machine dropped trapping the employee's hand underneath. The employee suffered two fractured fingers.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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