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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14423453

WORK RULES,RAILROAD CAR,FALL,STRUCK BY,UNMANNED,RUN OVER,RAILROAD,UNSTABLE POSITION

Event
WORK RULES,RAILROAD CAR,FALL,STRUCK BY,UNMANNED,RUN OVER,RAILROAD,UNSTABLE POSITION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14423453
Report ID
729300

Event description

Employee killed when run over by railroad car

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was standing on a runway on the west side of a railroad car when the runway was struck by a runaway rail car coming from the west. He was thrown to the ground and run over by the runaway railroad car. Employee #1 was killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 52 M

    Nature of injury
    1
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    1
    Source
    38
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    18
    Environmental factor
    8
    Task assigned
    2

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