OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14262752
COLLISION,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,TRAIN
Event description
EMPLOYEE INJURED WHEN HIS VEHICLE WAS HIT BY TRAIN
Investigation abstract
On January 18, 1990, an employee was operating a forklift used to move a propane tank to the tank storage area when a CSX train traveling approximately 2.5 mph collided into him and the vehicle on the tracks. The impact of the collision thr ew the forklift and employee approximately 100 feet to the side of the tracks. T he employee received an injury in the impact resulting in a fracture.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 38
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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