OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14464556
FRACTURE,SPINE,RAILROAD CAR,CAUGHT BETWEEN,LACERATION,PELVIS,BLADDER,KIDNEY,COAL CAR
Event description
EMPLOYEE CAUGHT BETWEEN RAILROAD COAL CARS
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 1:30 PM (CST) ON JANUARY 22, 1985, EMPLOYEE #1, AN OPERATOR HEL PER EMPLOYED BY THE INLAND STEEL COMPANY, 3210 WATLING STREET, EAST CHICAGO, IND IANA 46312, INCURRED FATAL INJURIES WHEN HE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO COAL CARS. TH E ACCIDENT HAPPENED AT THE CAR DUMPING FACILITY, NUMBER 2 COKE PLANT OF PLANT NU MBER TWO. EMPLOYEE #1 INCURRED FRACTURES OF THE LOWER SPINE AND PELVIS, AS WELL AS LACERATIONS OF THE KIDNEYS, BLADDER AND INTESTINES. HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE HOSPITAL.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 38
- Occupation code
- 826
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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