Bilco Brick

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — LANCASTER, TEXAS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Bilco Brick in LANCASTER, TEXAS
Employer Bilco Brick Report ID 20231211364
Address 2116 North Lancaster Hutchins Road City, State ZIP LANCASTER, TEXAS 75134
Event Date December 13, 2023 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 327331 Inspection # 1717276
GPS Coordinates 32.61000, -96.73000

Incident Narrative

An employee was observing the maintenance team clear a pallet that was jammed in the pallet indexer of a brick machine. After the jam was cleared, the equipment activated and the employee's right middle finger got caught between a chain and sprocket and was amputated.

Incident Summary

On December 13, 2023, a worker at Bilco Brick in LANCASTER, TEXAS suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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