| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-02 | Cleves | Oh | Shoemaker Masonry Construction | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee's finger was caught between the paddle and the drum of a mortar mixer. The finger was partially amputated. | |||||
| 2020-07-17 | Kissimmee | Florida | Fulcrum Construction, LLC | Multiple face locations | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using a grinder to cut mortar joints in a concrete masonry unit when the grinder kicked back and cut into the right side of his face/mouth. | |||||
| 2020-03-11 | Duluth | Georgia | A.L. Grading Contractors, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Entangled in other object or equipment |
| A brick mason was using a drill to mix mortar when the drill's cord wrapped around their left ring finger causing a laceration that required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2020-02-27 | Orlando | Florida | Fire Stop Systems, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was using a mortar mixer to mix fireproofing material. He was cleaning off the sides of the mixer drum when the mixing blade caught his fingers. His right index finger had skin removed, and his right middle fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2020-01-27 | Elkhorn | Nebraska | Jeff Mactaggart Masonry LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee placed his right hand on top of a mortar mixer grate to pull the drum back into the upright position when the paddles came down and made contact with three of the employee's fingers, causing a partial amputation of the ring finger. | |||||
| 2020-01-27 | Middletown | Delaware | Enterprise Masonry Corporation | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was standing on the second landing of a recently poured concrete staircase, cleaning mortar droppings from handrails, when the employee lost balance and slipped/fell down six concrete steps. | |||||
| 2019-08-29 | Denver | Colorado | 5280 Custom Interiors LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was mixing mortar in a plastic bucket using a mixing drill. The mixer caught the employee's left glove, amputating the employee's left little finger to the nail. | |||||
| 2019-05-10 | Lewes | Delaware | Wilson Masonry Co | Multiple body parts | Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet |
| An employee was on a scaffold shaking mortar when the employee stepped backward and fell approximately 20 feet between two boards to the ground below. The employee suffered a collapsed lung, fractured vertebrae, and a skull contusion. | |||||
| 2019-04-22 | Fairless Hills | Pennsylvania | SIKA Corporation | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was moving a 30-to 40-gallon container of cement/mortar that was on wheels. The container tipped over onto the employee resulting in a back fracture. | |||||
| 2019-02-23 | Toledo | Ohio | Starfire Corporation | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Explosion, n.e.c. |
| At 10:30 a.m. on February 23, 2019, an employee of Starfire Corporation sustained a laceration of his leg and burn injuries to his back from the premature ignition of a fireworks shell as he was loading the shell into the mortar tube in preparation for a fireworks aerial display. | |||||
| 2019-01-28 | Macon | Georgia | Fair Masonry, LLC | Ankle(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening |
| An employee was working from a scaffold chiseling mortar. As the employee set his tools down onto the walk boards between two outriggers, the walk boards gave way and the employee fell feet first to the ground below. The employee suffered a broken ankle and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-07-16 | Dallas | Texas | Accurate Masonry of Texas Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall through surface or existing opening |
| An employee was getting mortar for bricklayers when she fell partway through a gap on a scaffold. She suffered bruised/broken ribs. | |||||
| 2018-06-01 | Tuscaloosa | Alabama | Vadd, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was mixing mortar when a bag fell in the mortar mixer. The employee was attempting to retrieve it when the mixing paddle struck the employee's hand, breaking a finger and causing lacerations. | |||||
| 2018-04-05 | Spring | Texas | Golden West Plastering Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was adding mortar to a mixer when he noticed some build-up inside the mixer. He was attempting to clean the build-up when the mixer's rotating blade caught his gloved left hand, amputating his index finger and damaging his middle finger (possible amputation). | |||||
| 2017-08-28 | Mansfield | Ohio | AK STEEL CORPORATION | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee sustained a fingertip amputation when a bucket of mortar was set down on the employee's hand. | |||||
| 2017-06-03 | Houston | Texas | Discount Renovations, Inc. | Brain | Excavation or trenching cave-in |
| On 6/3/2017, an employee was working in a trench to erect a retaining wall to insert a large machine. During the work process, the concrete company had to remove the trench walls so that the work crew inside the trench could apply mortar to a pre-set area where the cinder blocks were to be placed. As the concrete crew removed the walls, the side of the trench collapsed and toppled onto the injured employee. He suffered forehead lacerations and bruising and temporarily lost consciousness. He was | |||||
| 2017-04-20 | Naples | Florida | Colonial Roofing, Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee fell from a ladder and injured his back as he was ascending with a mortar bucket to a single story roof. | |||||
| 2017-04-12 | Cambria | Wisconsin | Didion Milling, Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was mixing mortar with a battery powered drill. The employee's glove was caught in the drill chuck pulling his hand into the drill resulting in amputation of the thumb. | |||||
| 2016-04-26 | Newton | Mississippi | ESCO Corporation | Arm(s) | Vehicle or machinery fire |
| On 4/26/16, at approximately 5:15 AM, an employee was using a pneumatic chipping gun to break up hardened mortar inside the mortar mixer. When he connected his chipping gun's quick-connect hose to the airline, he accidentally hooked it to an oxygen line, which was not properly labeled. While he was operating the chipping gun with oxygen instead of compressed air, a fire broke out inside the tool and enveloped his right arm, face, and neck. He suffered second and third degree burns to his arm, a | |||||
| 2016-03-05 | Houston | Texas | Camarata Masonry Systems, Ltd. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
| An employee and coworkers were setting up the small mortar mixer on a concrete masonry unit to allow the mortar to be poured into a wheelbarrow. As he was lifting the mixer, it moved forward, causing him to lose his grip. It slipped out of his hand and pinched his fingers between the top of the concrete masonry unit and the bottom of the back of the mixer, amputating his right index fingertip. | |||||
| 2015-12-14 | Austin | Texas | CW Oates Masonry, Inc. | Thigh(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, n.e.c. |
| An employee was stabilizing a mortar tub that weighed approximately 75 to 100 pounds on a forklift. The load began to swing in a circular motion and pushed the employee toward the front right-side wheel. The forklift then rolled onto the employee's right leg, breaking the right femur. | |||||
| 2015-12-08 | Springboro | Ohio | Hester Masonry Company, Inc. | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was moving walkboards. The employee slammed a walkboard to clean off excess mortar which caused an outlooker to break. This caused the scaffold to tilt and the employee fell sustaining a neck injury. | |||||
| 2015-01-29 | Kingwood | Texas | BR BRICK & STONE, L.P. | Brain | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| A scaffold board was removed to load mortar onto the scaffold. As the scaffold board was placed back into position, an adjacent scaffold board fell from the third tier, striking an employee in the head. The injured employee was on the ground loading custom bricks into a bucket. He was taken to the hospital and admitted. | |||||