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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14469761

WORK RULES,RAILROAD CAR,STRUCK BY,TRAIN,INATTENTION

Event
WORK RULES,RAILROAD CAR,STRUCK BY,TRAIN,INATTENTION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
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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