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SHAW INDUSTRIES, INC.
$5,417
penalties
1
viol.
3
insp.

SHAW INDUSTRIES, INC.

1061 WEST AVENUE, CARTERSVILLE, GA 30120NAICS 314110 Carpet and Rug Mills

Inspections
3
Apr 2016 to Aug 2019 · 2 safety, 1 health
Violations
1
across 3 inspections
Penalties on record
$5,417
latest amounts in DOL records
By classification
Serious 0Willful 0Repeat 0Other 1

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Inspection records

Aug 28, 2019Referral (C) · Partial scope, Health#344268297$00 viol.

Inspection #344268297

Dates

Opened
Aug 28, 2019
Closing Conference Date
Aug 28, 2019
Closed
Dec 2, 2019

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
379
Related Activity
1 referral

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
0
Initial Penalties
$0
Penalties on Record
$0
Site Address
1061 West Avenue, Cartersville, GA 30120
Industry
314110 Carpet and Rug Mills

Referral Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a referral inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Referral inspections can result from another agency, another OSHA activity, or another source referring a potential hazard to OSHA.

Incident Investigation Summaries

Incident investigation summaries linked to this inspection through OSHA's accident and injury enforcement data. These summaries describe the reported incident. The enforcement outcome for the linked inspection is in the inspection details above.

HospitalizationAug 22, 2019

Employee burns face with drain cleaner

Event: Other
Oct 3, 2017Referral (C) · Partial scope, Safety#342677804$5,4171 viol.

Inspection #342677804

Dates

Opened
Oct 3, 2017
Closing Conference Date
Oct 3, 2017
Final Order
Jan 29, 2018
Closed
Feb 6, 2018

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
1,300
Related Activity
1 referral

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
1
Violation Types
1 other-than-serious
Initial Penalties
$6,772
Penalties on Record
$5,417
Site Address
5225 Ga Hwy 411 Sw Plant 15x, Cartersville, GA 30120
Industry
313230 Nonwoven Fabric Mills

Referral Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a referral inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Referral inspections can result from another agency, another OSHA activity, or another source referring a potential hazard to OSHA.

Incident Investigation Summaries

Incident investigation summaries linked to this inspection through OSHA's accident and injury enforcement data. These summaries describe the reported incident. The enforcement outcome for the linked inspection is in the inspection details above.

HospitalizationSep 26, 2017

Employee catches finger in conveyor belt and amputates it

Event: Caught In or Between

Violations

Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010011910.212
General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding)
OSHA citation code: 19100212 A03 II
Other12$6,772$5,417Jan 5, 2018-Jan 29, 2018
Apr 2, 2016FatalityFatality/Catastrophe (M) · Partial scope, Safety#341369056$00 viol.

Inspection #341369056

Dates

Opened
Apr 2, 2016
Closing Conference Date
Jun 17, 2016
Closed
Sep 6, 2017

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
200
Related Activity
1 accident

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
0
Initial Penalties
$0
Penalties on Record
$0
Site Address
5225 Highway 411 Sw, Cartersville, GA 30120
Industry
314110 Carpet and Rug Mills

Fatality/Catastrophe Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a fatality/catastrophe inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data.

Incident Investigation Summaries

Incident investigation summaries linked to this inspection through OSHA's accident and injury enforcement data. These summaries describe the reported incident. The enforcement outcome for the linked inspection is in the inspection details above.

FatalityApr 2, 2016

Employee is crushed and killed between two rollers when mach

Event: Caught In or Between
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About these records

A company page groups inspections with the same normalized employer name, city and state; it is not a legal-entity identifier (how pages are grouped).

This page displays public OSHA enforcement data. Status text follows the DOL inspection record first and may include citation-level context when the inspection feed and citation records are out of sync. Penalty amounts shown reflect the latest penalty amounts on record in the DOL database and may differ from initial assessments or final amounts. This is not an official OSHA resource.

OSHA's public enforcement data does not publish a "guilty" or "not guilty" field for inspections. The closest outcome fields available are the citation counts, penalty amounts, contest dates, final-order dates, and the inspection close date shown on this page. How to interpret these status fields. How initial and current penalties are recorded.

OSHA may publish multiple citation rows in the same inspection with the same standard and penalty fields. Separate rows can still differ in OSHA metadata such as citation identifier, recorded instance count, exposed workers, or gravity value. Contest and Final Order columns show citation-level dates from OSHA's enforcement record. A dash means OSHA's record does not currently show that activity for the citation.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA incident investigation data (`osha_accident` + `osha_accident_injury`). Linked via `rel_insp_nr` to the inspection activity number (exact government key). Injury, body part, source and event values are OSHA's own codes. OSHA states that these fields are not coded according to the requirements under the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS). Only the values present in the OSHA record are listed; an incident with no value that resolves in OSHA's code table shows "Injury details not recorded". Where a record covers several people, each field lists every value recorded across them.

Understanding These Penalties

The maximum penalty for a serious violation in 2025 is $16,550 per violation. For willful violations, the range is $11,823 to $165,514. The current penalty column shows the latest amount on record in OSHA's database for each citation. When the current penalty differs from the initial penalty, OSHA's records show that the amount changed during the enforcement process, but this page does not determine the specific reason for each change. Penalty amounts are set by OSHA and adjusted annually for inflation.

Standards cited

1910.212General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding)1 citation · $5,417

Industry comparison

Violations per inspection
This employer0.3
Industry average3.5
Penalties per inspection
This employer$1,806
Industry average$2,095

Textile Product Mills, 1,996 employers with OSHA inspections. Arithmetic from DOL records.

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