OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14423453

ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND CO.

MEXICO, MO· 1987-06-15T00:00:00

Event: WORK RULES, RAILROAD CAR, FALL, STRUCK BY, UNMANNED, RUN OVER, RAILROAD, UNSTABLE POSITION
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #103123196
Employer profile: ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND CO.
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 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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