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OSHA Injury Report: General Shale Moncure

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at General Shale Moncure in 300 Brick Plant Rd., Moncure, NC 27559 resulted in days away from work. Employee was pug Operator in bricks (i.e., common, face, glazed, hollow, vitrified), clay, manufacturing.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
General Shale Moncure
Parent company
General Shale Brick, Inc.
Street
300 Brick Plant Rd.
City
Moncure
State
NC
ZIP
27559
On-site location
Millroom

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
59

Before the incident

Employee was setting up the extruder on line A.

What happened

Raw material had dried out inside the extruder and was stuck. Injured party added water to loosen up dirt unsuccessfully. Injured party began loosing bolts around the extruder die cap which allowed a instant release of pressurized dirt brick oil and steam in the direction he was working.

Injury or illness

Burns to face and eyes.

Object or substance involved

Dirt Oil

Summary line

Burns to face eyes

Employee and industry

Job description
Pug Operator
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
327120 — Bricks (i.e., common, face, glazed, hollow, vitrified), clay, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
56
Total hours worked
117422
EIN
200454569
Establishment ID
116352
Employer case #
20233504

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
16:45:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
14FEB24:19:40:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.