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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2016109738 · 10/16/2016 · SHAW INDUSTRIES Group Inc., Plant SP

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Hip(s) and leg(s)
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
Source
Floor, n.e.c.
Secondary source
Scrap, waste, debris, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
SHAW INDUSTRIES Group Inc., Plant SP
Location
12454 N Hwy 27, CHICKAMAUGA, GEORGIA, 30707
NAICS
314110
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

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.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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