ACME Brick Company

An employee was operating a transfer car when it stopped moving. He noticed that a brick had fallen and jammed. When he went to remove the brick with a shovel, the car started moving and caught his left foot against the pit's concrete wall. He suffered a fracture and lacerations to the lower left leg.

On July 2, 2025, an employee was walking to a building through a shed used to store dirt and went to climb a 45-inch pile of loose clay material when they tripped and fell forward. The employee sustained a dislocated right ankle, torn ligaments, a fractured tibia, and sprains to the right ankle and leg. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was packaging brick. A brick broke from the bundle and became lodged between the conveyor rollers. The employee was removing the brick when the bundle of brick shifted forward, catching his left index finger between the bundle and the conveyor roller and resulting in a partial amputation to the fingertip.

An employee was emptying a small hopper into a larger hopper. When they pulled the return latch to return the small hopper to its original position, the employee's finger was caught between the hopper and the latch, resulting in an amputation to the distal phalanx.

An employee was picking up broken bricks from the floor to throw into a hopper. A forklift reversed, and its counterweight struck the employee. The employee suffered a broken left foot, as well as injuries to the leg and ankle, and was hospitalized.

An employee was using a saw to cut a piece of concrete when the piece gave way and pushed the saw into the employee's leg. The employee's leg was lacerated, requiring stitches and hospitalization.

An employee was using a utility knife to cut honeycomb paper when the knife amputated their left index fingertip.

An employee was cleaning a resident's chimney. While using a drill, the employee's glove became caught in the drill and their finger was fractured.

An employee was grinding some hardfacing on a bulldozer blade when the 9-inch grinder kicked back and lacerated his left leg above the knee. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee was operating a rotating tool to place thread protectors on the end of pipe. Her left hand was on the rotating part of the tool when the tool engaged, resulting in a left forearm fracture and a thumb laceration.

On September 30, 2025, an employee was applying production labels to a splintered piece of pallet on a conveyor. Their right middle finger was caught as the split line exit conveyor moved forward, resulting in an amputation.

An employee was operating a pattern block roller machine. The employee was pinned (at the mid- to upper torso) between the pusher bar and the assembly platform. The employee suffered broken ribs.

Employees were chipping concrete/brick to separate a building for demolition when the wall collapsed and debris fell onto the employees, resulting in hospitalization of two employees. One employee sustained a fractured left femur and a head injury, and the other sustained a severe head injury.

An employee was adjusting a paint roller when his left ring finger was caught in a chain and sprocket. The fingertip was amputated.

An employee fell while walking down the stairs. They were hospitalized with a fractured left ankle.

After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.

An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.

An employee was inspecting flares processes. The employee received burns to the front side of the body, face and arm from the flares.

An employee was removing plastic material from a production line when the machine cycled and amputated his left index, ring, and little fingers.

An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.