Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Acme Brick- Texas Clay A Plant, 402 Bartlett Ave, MALAKOFF, TEXAS 75148
on — Fractures, affecting the lower leg(s).
Final narrative
An employee was descending a fixed ladder from the top of a kiln. He slipped from the third or fourth rung, fell to the ground, and suffered multiple fractures to his lower left leg in the ankle area.
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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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