OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14495501
BREWER AND ANDERSON, INC.
RALSTON, OK·
Event description
EMPLOYEE STRUCK AND KILLED BY FALLING RAILROAD TIES
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS UNLOADING USED RAILROAD TIES AT A STORAGE YARD THREE BLOCKS NORT H OF MAIN STREET IN RALSTON, OKLAHOMA. DURING THE UNLOADING PROCESS, SEVERAL TIE S FELL OFF THE LOWBOY TRAILER. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STRUCK ON THE SIDE OF THE HEAD BY ONE OF THE FALLING TIES AND WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE EMPLOYEE WAS NOT WEARING A NY HEAD PROTECTION.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 54 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 2
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