Incident date: 2024-01-06
NAICS industry code: 327120

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.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Wheeled containers, material moving equipment  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hip joint(s)
severity: moderate