# Fractures at General Shale Brick, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024043256` · 4/14/2024 · ROME, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed between running equipment and other object(s)
- **Source:** Material handling and warehousing machinery  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Bricks and pavers  stone and masonry
## Employer
- **Name:** General Shale Brick, Inc.
- **Location:** 121 TURNER BEND ROAD, ROME, GEORGIA, 30165
- **NAICS:** 423830
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 15, 2024, an employee was trying to adjust a brick on a machine that was pushing brick out of a building. The machine engaged and pinned his right leg against a cube of brick. His leg was broken and he was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*