OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14483515
CONSTRUCTION,RAILROAD TRACK,STRUCK BY,RUN OVER,TRAIN
Event description
Employee killed when struck by moving train
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was picking up tools and equipment from the work site in preparation for completion of the day's work. The work that day was on track 4, which was n ot active. Tracks 1, 2, and 3 were active. Employee #1, for some reason, stepped from under the platform that separates tracks 3 and 4 and into the path of a so uthbound passenger train on track 3, which was outside the work zone. Employee # 1 was struck and killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 38
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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