OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14421556
INSTALLING,UNSECURED,RAILROAD CAR,FALL,LOST BALANCE,UNSTABLE POSITION
Event description
Employee killed in fall from railroad car
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was on top of a railroad car attempting to install a load chute. The handle on the chute came off, and Employee #1 lost his balance and fell backwar d off the railroad car. He died.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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