SEALY, TEXAS—
ACME BRICK COMPANY
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
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Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at ACME BRICK COMPANY, 6005 PETERS SAN FELIPE RD, SEALY, TEXAS 77474 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was manually rotating an extruder machine's flywheel to align the hole with a pin. The flywheel rolled, and the employee's right middle finger was caught between the extruder's belt and pulley, amputating it just behind the nail.
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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.
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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.
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ACME Brick Company
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.
ELGIN, TEXAS—
ACME Brick Company
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.
DENTON, TEXAS—
ACME Brick Company
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.
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