Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1524700.015 - Midwest Block & Brick Company

Inspection Information - Office: Saint Louis Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1524700.015

Report ID: 0729300

Date Opened: 04/06/2021

Site Address:
Midwest Block & Brick Company
201 Rock Industrial Park Drive
Bridgeton, MO 63044

Mailing Address:
12901 St. Charles Rock Rd., Bridgeton, MO 63044

Union Status: Union

SIC:

NAICS: 327331/Concrete Block and Brick Manufacturing

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 04/06/2021

Emphasis: N:Amputate

Case Closed: 04/06/2021

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1752200	Yes	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 136083.015

Event: 03/31/2021

Employee fractures ulnar when machine cycles

At 3:15 a.m. on March 31, 2021, an employee was staging a pallet of block in the dump hopper. The pallet was to go into the conveyor line towards the tumbler. The dump hopper stopped cycling, and without applying the proper shutdown procedures, the employee went inside the dump hopper to clean the photo eye sensors. The cleaning activated the hopper, causing it to cycle and trapping his arm between the hopper and the frame. He was crushed, resulting in a left ulnar fracture and traumatic rhabdomyolysis. The employee was treated without hospitalization.

Keywords: Arm, Caught Between, Compound Fracture, Fracture, Frame, Hopper, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine operator, Pallet, Rhabdomyolysis

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1524700.015	20	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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