OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1005206
TRACK GANGS #206, 207, TRACK & STRUCTURE NYCTA
BRONX, NY·
Event description
BURN - ELECTRICAL FAULT ON RAILWAY CIRCUIT
Investigation abstract
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE WORKING SIDE BY SIDE AS PART OF A TRACK GANG, REPLACING RAILS . THEY WERE WORKING ADJACENT TO AN ENERGIZED 700-VOLT THIRD RAIL THAT WAS PARTIA LLY PROTECTED BY RUBBER MATS. ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES DROPPED HIS TONG, AND IT FELL AGAINST THE ENERGIZED THIRD RAIL. THIS CAUSED AN ELECTRICAL EXPLOSION AND FLASH FIRE. THE EMPLOYEE WHO DROPPED THE TONG WAS HOSPITALIZED WITH FIRST AND SECOND DEGREE BURNS TO HIS LEFT LEG AND THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS BODY. HIS COWORKER WAS TRE ATED FOR SECOND DEGREE BURNS TO HIS LEFT LEG AND RELEASED.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 24 Male
- Nature of injury
- Burn/Scald(Heat) (5)
- Part of body
- LEGS (16)
- Accident type
- OTHER (14)
- Source of injury
- TRAIN/RAILROAD EQUIP (38)
- Occupation
- Supervisors; handlers,equip-cleaners,laborers nec (863)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- OTHER (18)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 40 Male
- Nature of injury
- Burn/Scald(Heat) (5)
- Part of body
- LEGS (16)
- Accident type
- OTHER (14)
- Source of injury
- TRAIN/RAILROAD EQUIP (38)
- Occupation
- Veterinarians (86)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- OTHER (18)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.