Over the past 5 years this industry has recorded an accident rate of over 2 times (-100% more) the average for the Clay Building Material and Refractories Manufacturing Industry.
On Tuesday, September 20th 2016 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in MESQUITE, TE after learning of an incident at Fritztile which had occured on the same day. A had been injured when the caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
NarrativeA lead person was adjusting the edge grinder. An employee walked to the back of the machine and placed his hand on the end of an adjustment rod sticking out of a pneumatic cylinder. The lead did not realize the employee's hand was on the rod, so he actuated the machine to test his adjustments. The employee's left index finger was then pinched and amputated between the cylinder housing and the rod end stop.
The accident investigation below was opened on Monday, June 13th 2016 by OSHA representitives in Jackson, MS after learning of an incident at Cherokee Brick & Tile Company which had occured on Tuesday, June 7th 2016. A employee working as a was injured on the job when the caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
NarrativeAn employee was cleaning out a machine during the brick-making process when the machine's blade amputated his right thumb.
OSHA investigators arrived in Fairbury, NE on Monday, April 18th 2016 and began an accident investigation at Endicott Clay Products. A had been injured when the caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation