Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Name: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified at General Shale Brick, Inc.
Start: 5/15/2025

1 amputation · 2025054587 · 5/15/2025 · General Shale Brick, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Other finger(s) n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Cause

Event: Struck by running powered equipment unspecified
Source: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery unspecified
Secondary source: Drives, belts, chains

Employer

Name: General Shale Brick, Inc.
Location: 21455 FM 2252, SCHERTZ, TEXAS, 78154
NAICS: 327121
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a slab line in a plant that produces 16" x 9" x 3" concrete slabs that weigh approximately 25-30 pounds. The employee went to adjust the chain and sprocket for the doubler that stacks the slabs two high, when their right middle finger was caught in the machine. The employee sustained a partial transphalangeal amputation of the finger.

Source

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