OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14431613
DAS-CO. OF IDAHO, INC.
TOSTON, MT·
Event description
Employee killed, another injured by falling bridge section
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 and #2 were riding on a railroad flatcar that was transporting a Jo hn Deere 595 excavator. The flatcar was backing up to another work site to pick up personnel. As it passed under a bridge, the excavator's boom hit the bridge a nd pushed a section of the bridge from its foundation. The section fell onto the flatcar and crushed Employee #1 to death, and seriously injured Employee #2.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 38
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 38
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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