Incident date: 2024-07-02
NAICS industry code: 327331

An employee was behind a brick firing machine aligning bricks for production when the employee was caught between the pusher bar and the setting head, resulting in a fractured pelvis. The machine was energized and was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Kilns
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Pelvis
severity: moderate