OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1005313

WORK RULES,FLAGMAN,STRUCK BY,TRAIN

1987-07-23T00:00:00

Event: WORK RULES,FLAGMAN,STRUCK BY,TRAIN
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 1005313
Report ID: 253650

Event description

Employee killed when struck by subway train

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was acting as a construction flagman for a crew making repairs in a subway system. He was struck by a train and killed instantly.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 52 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
19

Event type
6

Source
38

Occupation code
999

Human factor
2

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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