OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14393516
INMAN SERVICE COMPANY, INC.
BATON ROUGE, LA·
Event description
Employee killed when caught between tank cars
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a brakeman, and two coworkers were switching railroad tank cars at a chemical plant. He directed the engine, which was pushing an empty tank car, t o couple onto a string of loaded outbound tank cars at a loading rack. When the coupling failed to hold, Employee #1 stopped the engine with the couplings of th e two tank cars approximately 3 or 4 feet apart. He had stepped between the two cars to adjust the drawworks when another loaded tank car came rolling down the incline and struck the string of outbound cars. This pushed the string of cars i nto the tank car in front of the engine, catching Employee #1 between them. He w as killed instantly.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 38
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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