Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14469761

SHARON STEEL CORPORATION

Event
WORK RULES, RAILROAD CAR, STRUCK BY, TRAIN, INATTENTION
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#17480427
Employer profile
SHARON STEEL CORPORATION
Summary number
14469761
Report ID
317500

Event description

Employee killed when struck by railroad car

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was seen walking down a grade from an ore car dumper trestle to a ra ilroad track. He was struck by the last free-rolling empty released from the dum per and was found dead, lying on a heavy accumulation of ore pellets beside the track.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 61 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    13
    Event type
    1
    Source
    38
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1

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