Fractures

Name: Fractures at Red River Brick - Brick Plant
Start: 1/6/2024

1 hospitalization · 2024010129 · 1/6/2024 · Red River Brick - Brick Plant

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Source: Wheeled containers, material moving equipment n.e.c.
Secondary source: Other constructed surface

Employer

Name: Red River Brick - Brick Plant
Location: 500 Northeast 14th Avenue, MINERAL WELLS, TEXAS, 76067
NAICS: 327120
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a setting machine that places unfired clay bricks onto a kiln car. The employee was manually correcting the stacking of some bricks on the kiln car deck when he lost footing, fell off the kiln car, and landed on the floor 41 inches below. He suffered a broken right hip.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown