PELHAM, ALABAMA—
ACME Brick Company
Other jump to lower level, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at ACME Brick Company, Surface One, PELHAM, ALABAMA 35124 on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was helping a customer unload granite/quartz slabs from the bed of his truck. A slab tilted and fell toward him. He jumped from the trailer to the ground, breaking his leg.
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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.
MALVERN, ARKANSAS—
Acme Brick Company
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.
DENTON, TEXAS—
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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