# Fractures at General Shale Brick, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024075956` · 7/2/2024 · AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Pelvis
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Kilns
- **Secondary source:** "Lock out/ tag out" communication systems
## Employer
- **Name:** General Shale Brick, Inc.
- **Location:** 1630 Arthern Road, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, 30901
- **NAICS:** 327331
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was behind a brick firing machine aligning bricks for production when the employee was caught between the pusher bar and the setting head, resulting in a fractured pelvis. The machine was energized and was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

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