GARLAND, TEXAS·
INTERCERAMIC INC.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at INTERCERAMIC INC., 2333 S. JUPITER ROAD, GARLAND, TEXAS 75041 on , Fractures, affecting the chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee was operating a dryer kiln when an alarm went off indicating that one of the two limit switches of the centering device control was not functioning properly. In order to reach the centering device control limit switch, the employee used a rod and kneeled down stretching his body/hand forward between the dryer exit and a column of an unloader machine. The employee's body was caught between the exiting tile cart and the column of the unloader machine resulting in fractured ribs.
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