OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14421366

HOPPER CAR,BLOOD CLOT,FRACTURE,HEAD,SKULL,RIB,FALL,FALL PROTECTION

1988-04-04T00:00:00

Event: HOPPER CAR,BLOOD CLOT,FRACTURE,HEAD,SKULL,RIB,FALL,FALL PROTECTION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14421366
Report ID: 728900

Event description

EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN HE FELL FROM ATOP A HOPPER CAR

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1, A MAINTENANCE FOREMAN, WAS RELIEVING A SPOUT OPERATOR SO THAT THE O PERATOR COULD TAKE A BREAK. WHILE HE WAS CLOSING A RAILROAD HOPPER CAR LID, HE F ELL BACKWARD FROM THE TOP OF THE HOPPER CAR AND STRUCK HIS HEAD ON A HANDRAIL AT THE EDGE OF A TRUCK RAMP. EMPLOYEE #1 SUFFERED THREE BROKEN RIBS AND A CRANIAL HEMATOMA. ANTI-COAGULANT THERAPY FOR A HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT IN THE EMPLOYEE'S RECENT PAST CONTRIBUTED TO THE EMPLOYEE'S PROBLEMS. HE WAS KILLED.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 50 M

Nature of injury
3

Part of body
13

Event type
5

Source
8

Occupation code
999

Human factor
9

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
2

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