Severe Workplace Injuries in Chatsworth, Georgia
Employers in Chatsworth reported 19 severe work injuries to OSHA from 2015 through February 2025: 15 workers hospitalized and 5 amputations (26% of reports). Manufacturing accounts for the most reports. OSHA opened an inspection after 7 of them.
Reports by year
Industries
How workers were hurt
Parts of the body injured
OSHA inspections in Chatsworth since 2015
OSHA opened 45 inspections at Chatsworth workplaces, and 25 of them (56%) ended with at least one violation. Inspectors cited 45 serious, 1 willful and 3 repeat violations, with current penalties totaling $434,609.
Rules cited most often:
Recent inspections with penalties
| Employer | Violations | Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| Huali Group (U.S.) Llc (complaint, details) | 2 | $488 |
| Huali Group (U.S.) Llc (referral, details) | 2 | $10,640 |
| Huali Group (U.S.) Llc (referral, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $6,347 |
| Huali Group (U.S.) Llc (referral, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $8,710 |
| Catalina Carpet Mills, Inc. (referral, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $8,067 |
| Huali Group (U.S.) Llc (complaint, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $4,147 |
| Integrated Turf Solutions, Llc (fatality/catastrophe, details) | 7 (6 serious+) | $214,520 |
| Polytech Fibers, Llc (referral, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $7,594 |
| Polytech Fibers, Llc (complaint, details) | 2 (1 serious+) | $5,426 |
| Str Fab, Llc (planned, details) | 3 (2 serious+) | $5,570 |
| The Dixie Group, Inc (referral, details) | 1 | $2,464 |
| Better Backers Inc. (complaint, details) | 3 (2 serious+) | $3,182 |
Penalties as currently recorded by OSHA; they can drop after settlement or contest. Inspection data covers federal OSHA and state-plan inspections reported to OSHA.
Most recent reports
The 19 newest severe injury reports from Chatsworth employers, as OSHA published them.
Feb 16, 2025 · Huali Group (U.S.) LLC Hospitalized
On February 15, 2025, an employee was preparing to change the product that was running on the coating line when his right hand became caught in the applicator rollers. The employee sustained a degloving of a finger.
Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1812748
Jun 26, 2024 · Huali Group (U.S.) LLC Hospitalized
On June 26, 2024, an employee was wrapping pallets on the wrapper machine when their left knee got pinned between the machine and the exiting conveyor belt, resulting in a fractured knee.
Struck by running powered equipment · Knee(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1759923
Mar 22, 2024 · Cimbar Resources, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee jumped from a loading dock to a truck as it pulled away. The employee fell from the truck about 10 feet away from the dock, suffered a broken right femur, and was hospitalized.
Nonroadway noncollision fall or jump from moving vehicle · Thigh(s) · Mining, oil and gas
Feb 19, 2024 · Catalina Carpet Mills, Inc. Hospitalized
On February 19, 2024, an employee was cleaning extrusion equipment when they fell into the equipment and were pulled through stainless steel rollers, resulting in fractures to their nose, vertebrae, and a rib.
Fall to lower level resulting in exposure or contact · Multiple body parts · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1731332
Nov 3, 2023 · Huali Group (U.S.) LLC Amputation
On November 3, 2023, an employee was replacing a flange when his left thumb was caught between the flange and a pneumatic butterfly air valve, resulting in a partial amputation.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Manufacturing
Sep 8, 2022 · Polytech Fibers, LLC Amputation
An employee was loading a baler with material when her left arm became caught in the machine, resulting in an amputation to her lower left arm (below the elbow).
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Forearm(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1622542
Aug 12, 2022 · E & T CONVERTERS, INC. Hospitalized
An employee's right arm was lacerated by a machine blade.
Contact with objects and equipment · Arm(s) · Transportation and warehousing
Jun 13, 2022 · Georgia Carpet Finishers, Inc. Hospitalized
While inspecting a carpet an employee fell and was caught between the carpet roll. The employee sustained a broken hip and other injuries.
Fall, slip, trip · Hip(s) · Manufacturing
Jul 29, 2021 · Polytech Fibers, LLC Hospitalized
An employee was near a production machine when it sprayed hot plastic onto the employee, causing burns to the left arm, face, and chest.
Contact with hot objects or substances · Multiple body parts (other) · Manufacturing
Oct 18, 2020 · Mohawk Industries Amputation
An employee was performing maintenance on a yarn twister machine. When the employee started up the machine, it caught and amputated the employee's left little finger.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Wholesale trade · OSHA inspection 1499709
Mar 18, 2020 · Shaw Industries Group, Inc. Amputation
An employee was repairing a broken yard end. While he was untying yarn ends to remove a yarn wrap from a 4-inch feed roller, the roller cycled, pinching the tip of his right thumb between a 2-inch tension roller and the 4-inch feed roller. He suffered an amputation to the thumb.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Manufacturing
Jul 13, 2019 · The Dixie Group Hospitalized
An employee was operating a standup forklift when the back wheels struck a piece of wood causing the forklift to become unstable. The employee lost balance and the forklift struck a shelving rack. The shelves' horizontal member struck the employee in the chest causing a rib fracture on the right side.
Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1416413
Oct 15, 2017 · Shaw Industries, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was assisting with carpet roll wrapping. He was starting to roll on the wrap cradle when his hands were caught in loose carpet and pulled into the wrap cradle. He suffered bilateral contusions to both arms, muscle trauma, and an avulsion to the right side of his face near his eye.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Face · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1272521
Jun 27, 2017 · Shaw Industries, Inc. Amputation
An employee was attempting to manually adjust the position of a wall hanging fan when two of her fingers entered the cage and were struck by the metal fan blades. She suffered lacerations and a partial right ring finger amputation.
Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Manufacturing
Feb 24, 2017 · Mattex USA Hospitalized
An employee was changing out a screen on the extruder and received second and third degree burns on the neck and face from the heated polypropylene (240 to 280 degrees C). The employee was not using PPE at the time.
Contact with hot objects or substances · Head and neck · Manufacturing
Dec 10, 2016 · Beaulieu Group, LLC Hospitalized
An employee was cleaning around her work station when she tripped on a cable cover and fell, fracturing her right knee and shin.
Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Knee(s) and leg(s) · Manufacturing
Nov 2, 2016 · Polytech Fibers LLC Hospitalized
While attempting to remove a piece of yarn from a stretcher machine roller, an employee's right arm was caught and severely fractured in the roller. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery. The machine was running at the time of the incident.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Arm(s) · Manufacturing
Aug 2, 2016 · Lonesome Oak Trading Company Hospitalized
An employee was ejecting a bale from a baler. He was standing in front of the bale while pushing the button to eject it. The bale began to come out and his right ankle was caught underneath it, breaking his right lower leg.
Struck by dislodged flying object, particle · Lower leg(s) · Wholesale trade
Oct 15, 2015 · Shaw Industries Group Plant WE Hospitalized
An employee was clearing a jam on the tack machine and fractured the right thumb.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing
After a workplace injury in Georgia
Most work injuries are handled through workers' compensation, which pays medical bills and part of lost wages whether or not anyone was at fault, and usually rules out suing the employer. A separate claim may be possible against someone else, such as an equipment maker or another company on the site. Reporting deadlines are short, so tell your employer about an injury right away.
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Source: OSHA's Severe Injury Reports, 2015 through November 2025 (loaded November 9, 2026). Employers must report any work-related amputation, loss of an eye or in-patient hospitalization to OSHA within 24 hours. Employer names, addresses and incident descriptions are as OSHA publishes them. A report records an injury, not a finding that the employer broke a rule; OSHA opens an inspection for some reports. The data covers workplaces under federal OSHA. States that run their own OSHA program (such as California, Washington, Michigan, North Carolina and Virginia) are mostly missing, and work-related deaths are reported separately.
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