# Fractures at Shaw Industries Group, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021021562` · 2/21/2021 · DALTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Shaw Industries Group, Inc.
- **Location:** 2305 Abutment Road, DALTON, GEORGIA, 30720
- **NAICS:** 313111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a tufting machine when their left arm was caught between the yard feed rollers and fractured.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*