OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14250260
SEVERED,RAILROAD TANK CAR,RAILROAD CAR,FALL,RAILROAD TRACK,ARM,RUN OVER,RAILROAD
Event description
EMPLOYEE'S ARM SEVERED WHEN RUN OVER BY RAILROAD CAR
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a switchman, was spotting a tank car on a track stub and was applyi ng the brake while the train was still moving. The train bumped a full coal car on the same track which caused Employee #1 to fall between the cars onto the tra ck. The conductor reversed the direction of the train and Employee #1 was dragge d underneath the tank car and her right arm was severed.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 50 F
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 38
- Occupation code
- 825
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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