OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14542112

GEORGIA CAROLINA BRICK & TILE CO

AUGUSTA, GA— 1984-05-15T00:00:00

Event: BRICK SETTING MACH,LOCKOUT,BRICK,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED,MECH MAT HANDLING,CART
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #1630177
Employer profile: GEORGIA CAROLINA BRICK & TILE CO
Summary number: 14542112
Report ID: 418100

Event description

EMPLOYEE CAUGHT BETWEEN SET MACHINE AND KILN CAR

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1 WAS EMPLOYED TO HELP THE SET MACHINE OPERATOR AT A BRICK MANUFACTURI NG PLANT. ONE OF HIS DUTIES WAS TO OBSERVE THE BRICKS AS THEY WERE SET ONTO THE KILN CAR AND TO STRAIGHTEN ANY WHICH HAD FALLEN. BECAUSE THE KILN CAR IS 10 FEET BY 10 FEET, THIS CHORE OFTEN REQUIRED EXTENSIVE REACHING OVER THE CAR AND EVEN ACTUALLY MOUNTING IT. THERE WERE NO EYEWITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT BUT IT APPEARS THAT EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STRAIGHTENING SEVERAL BRICKS AND FAILED TO GET OUT OF THE W AY OF THE LOWERING SET HEAD WHICH CONTAINED THE NEXT LOAD OF BRICKS. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CRUSHED BY THE HEAD OF THE SET MACHINE AND DIED WITHIN AN HOUR.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 32 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
3

Event type
2

Source
24

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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