OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14498539
TMC ENGINEERING SERVICES
HOUSTON, TX·
Event description
CAUGHT BETWEEN RAILROAD TANK CAR AND FORKLIFT
Investigation abstract
ON JANUARY 9, 1986, A CREW OF FOUR EMPLOYEES WERE MOVING THREE RAILROAD TANK CAR S WITH A MASSEY-FERGUSSON MODEL MF 2500 FORKLIFT. THE FORKLIFT DRIVER CAME UPON A SECTION OF THE TRACKS WHERE TWO TRACKS CROSSED. HE CAME TO A STOP IN ORDER TO CLIMB THE TRACKS. THE 3 TANK CARS KEPT ROLLING. THE LEADING CAR RAN INTO THE BAC K OF THE FORKLIFT, CRUSHING THE DRIVER'S HEAD. THE FORKLIFT WAS STRADDLING THE T RACKS.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 38
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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