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52 OSHA severe injury reports matching "SHAW INDUSTRIES".
OSHA Severe Injury Reports Database
Browse 52 workplace severe injury reports with employer names, locations, and incident details. Each report documents a hospitalization, amputation, or eye loss as reported to OSHA. Use the filters below to narrow results.
| Date | Employer | Location | Event | Nature | Body Part | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 2025 | Shaw Industries, Inc. | DALTON, GEORGIA | Struck by running powered equipment n.e.c. | Amputations involving bone loss | Other finger(s) n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Jul 25, 2024 | SHAW INDUSTRIES, INC. | RINGGOLD, GEORGIA | Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning | Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified | Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) | Amputation |
| Oct 4, 2023 | Shaw Industries Group, Inc | PORT WENTWORTH, GEORGIA | Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway | Crushing injuries | Foot (feet), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 16, 2023 | Shaw Industries Group, Inc | THOMSON, GEORGIA | Contact with hot objects or substances | Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified | Multiple upper extremities locations, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jul 14, 2023 | Shaw Industries Group, Inc | DALTON, GEORGIA | Fall on same level, unspecified | Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Mar 13, 2023 | Shaw Industries Group, Inc | RINGGOLD, GEORGIA | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Feb 3, 2023 | Shaw Industries Group, Inc. | ADAIRSVILLE, GEORGIA | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified | Fractures | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jan 30, 2023 | Shaw Industries Group, Inc. | DALTON, GEORGIA | Struck by object or equipment, unspecified | Fractures | Multiple pelvic region locations | Hospitalized |
| Nov 8, 2022 | Shaw Industries - Plant PW | PORT WENTWORTH, GEORGIA | Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident | Fractures | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Oct 11, 2022 | SHAW INDUSTRIES, INC. | BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA | Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode | Dislocation of joints | Knee(s) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 24, 2022 | SHAW INDUSTRIES, INC. | RINGGOLD, GEORGIA | Fall on same level due to slipping | Sprains | Knee(s) | Hospitalized |
| Apr 17, 2022 | Shaw Industries, Inc. | CALHOUN, GEORGIA | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| Feb 2, 2022 | Shaw Industries Group, Inc. | RINGGOLD, GEORGIA | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Dec 2, 2021 | SHAW INDUSTRIES GROUP, INC. | DALTON, GEORGIA | Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident | Fractures | Arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Nov 24, 2021 | Shaw Industries Group, Inc. | RINGGOLD, GEORGIA | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Nov 2, 2021 | Shaw Industries Group, Inc. | ANDALUSIA, ALABAMA | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Apr 26, 2021 | Shaw Industries Group, Inc. | PORT WENTWORTH, GEORGIA | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified | Fractures | Foot (feet), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Feb 21, 2021 | Shaw Industries Group, Inc. | DALTON, GEORGIA | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Fractures | Arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Feb 16, 2021 | Shaw Industries Inc. | THOMSON, GEORGIA | Contact with hot objects or substances | Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified | Head and trunk | Hospitalized |
| Apr 2, 2020 | SHAW INDUSTRIES GROUP, INC. | DALTON, GEORGIA | Contact with hot objects or substances | Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Mar 18, 2020 | Shaw Industries Group, Inc. | CHATSWORTH, GEORGIA | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| Jan 10, 2020 | Shaw Industries Inc. Plant 12 | CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Other burns, first degree | Hand(s) and finger(s) | Hospitalized |
| Dec 20, 2019 | Shaw Industries, Inc. | DALTON, GEORGIA | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Sep 30, 2019 | SHAW INDUSTRIES, INC. | BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA | Exposure to environmental heat | Effects of heat and light, unspecified | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Aug 22, 2019 | Shaw Industries Group, Inc. | CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue | Second degree chemical burns and corrosions | Multiple face locations | Hospitalized |
| Apr 22, 2019 | Shaw Industries Group, Inc. | CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Other burns, unspecified | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Feb 12, 2019 | Shaw Industries, Inc. | HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS | Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident | Fractures | Multiple foot (feet) locations | Hospitalized |
| Dec 11, 2018 | Shaw Industries Group, Inc | DALTON, GEORGIA | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Avulsions, enucleations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Oct 24, 2018 | Shaw Industries Inc., Plant Sl/SP | CHICKAMAUGA, GEORGIA | Fall on same level due to tripping over self | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 27, 2018 | Shaw Industries Inc. | LA FAYETTE, GEORGIA | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Sep 4, 2018 | Shaw Industries Group, Inc. | SAVANNAH, GEORGIA | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified | Fractures | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Hospitalized |
| Mar 16, 2018 | Shaw Industries Group, Inc. | CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Jan 26, 2018 | Shaw Industries Group, Inc. | ANDALUSIA, ALABAMA | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Fractures | Knee(s) | Hospitalized |
| Oct 15, 2017 | Shaw Industries, Inc. | CHATSWORTH, GEORGIA | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Avulsions, enucleations | Face, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 26, 2017 | SHAW INDUSTRIES | CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Aug 3, 2017 | SHAW INDUSTRIES Group Inc., Plant SP | CHICKAMAUGA, GEORGIA | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Jun 27, 2017 | Shaw Industries, Inc. | CHATSWORTH, GEORGIA | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| Mar 21, 2017 | Shaw Industries Plant 4 | DALTON, GEORGIA | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. | Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds | Thigh(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jan 20, 2017 | Shaw Industries, Inc. | BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA | Contact with hot objects or substances | Second degree heat (thermal) burns | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Oct 16, 2016 | SHAW INDUSTRIES Group Inc., Plant SP | CHICKAMAUGA, GEORGIA | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Fractures | Hip(s) and leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jun 15, 2016 | SHAW INDUSTRIES GROUP, INC. | FITZGERALD, GEORGIA | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| Dec 12, 2015 | SHAW INDUSTRIES | CHICKAMAUGA, GEORGIA | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Oct 27, 2015 | Shaw Industries Group Plant EG | RINGGOLD, GEORGIA | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Oct 21, 2015 | Shaw Industries Group | CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Oct 15, 2015 | Shaw Industries Group Plant WE | CHATSWORTH, GEORGIA | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Fractures | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Sep 23, 2015 | Shaw Industries Group, Inc. | ADAIRSVILLE, GEORGIA | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle | Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Sep 12, 2015 | Shaw Industries Group, Inc. | DALTON, GEORGIA | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. | Fractures | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Sep 10, 2015 | SHAW INDUSTRIES | CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Aug 2, 2015 | Shaw Industries Group, Inc. | CHICKAMAUGA, GEORGIA | Fall on same level due to tripping, n.e.c. | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Apr 14, 2015 | Shaw Industries Group, Inc. | CALHOUN, GEORGIA | Exposure to other harmful substances, unspecified | Other poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effects, n.e.c. | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
Frequently Asked Questions
OSHA requires employers to report all workplace injuries resulting in hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye within 24 hours. Each report in this database includes the employer name, full address, a description of the event, the nature of injury, and a detailed narrative of what happened.
The most common severe workplace injuries include amputations, fractures, crushing injuries, burns, and multiple injuries. Falls, being struck by objects, caught-in/between incidents, and exposure to harmful substances are among the most common event types.
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