OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14437669
HEAD,RAILROAD CAR,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,DOOR,STRUCK AGAINST,STRUCK BY
Event description
Employee killed when struck by dislodged railroad car door
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was in charge of starting refrigerator units on refrigerated railroa car. He died of severe head injuries approximately eight hours after the acciden t. d cars. He was walking along the tracks between two parked railroad cars, one of which was being loaded by a forklift. The loading operation required the forkli ft operator to go from the loading dock through the first car and into the secon d car. The sliding door on the second car was approximately 18 inches from being fully opened. The forklift operator was attempting to exit the second car and r eturn to the loading dock when the left fork of the forklift struck the edge of the partly closed door. The door broke loose at the bottom, allowing it to swing out. Employee #1 was struck by the door and knocked into the side of the first
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 48 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 38
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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