Jackson, MS —
OSHA Injury Report: Cherokee Brick
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Cherokee Brick in Jackson, MS 39213 resulted in days away from work. Employee was maintenance Mechanic in bricks (i.e., common, face, glazed, hollow, vitrified), clay, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Cherokee Brick
- Parent company
- Cherokee Brick and Tile Co.
- Street
- 2050 Forest Ave
- City
- Jackson
- State
- MS
- ZIP
- 39213
- On-site location
- Scrubber Fan
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 125
Before the incident
EE and coworkers were changing fan belt son the scrubber fan.
What happened
While changing a fan belt a pipe wrench slipped on the rotating shaft. When EE reached to reposition it his hand was caught between the wrench and guard resulting in an amputation of the right ring and pinky fingers.
Injury or illness
Amputation to right ring and pinky finger.
Object or substance involved
Hand was caught between pipe wrench and metal guard.
Summary line
Hand caught between metal guard and wrench while changing fan belt. Amputation to right ring finger and pinky finger.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Maintenance Mechanic
- SOC code
- 49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- NAICS code
- 327120 — Bricks (i.e., common, face, glazed, hollow, vitrified), clay, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 97
- Total hours worked
- 211017
- EIN
- 580190940
- Establishment ID
- 1137421
- Employer case #
- 2025-0028
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 10:05
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 29JAN26:14:02:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.