OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1005289

REPAIR,WORK RULES,STRUCK BY,TRAIN,INATTENTION

1987-04-18T00:00:00

Event: REPAIR,WORK RULES,STRUCK BY,TRAIN,INATTENTION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 1005289
Report ID: 253650

Event description

Employee killed when struck by subway train

Investigation abstract

Employee #1, a stone mason, was working with a group to repair the IRT northboun d express tracks in New York City. He was struck and killed instantly by a south bound express train traveling on the track adjacent to the one under repair.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 48 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
19

Event type
1

Source
38

Occupation code
563

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1

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