# Fractures at Cherokee Brick and Tile Company
> OSHA SIR `20241211875` · 12/26/2024 · MACON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Material handling and warehousing machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Cherokee Brick and Tile Company
- **Location:** 3250 Waterville Road, MACON, GEORGIA, 31206
- **NAICS:** 423320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was rotating bricks on a kiln car so an unloading head could pick them up and place them on a conveyor belt for packaging. During this process, the unloading head descended onto the employee's legs, causing fractures to both legs.

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