OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14504955
ARMCO STEEL, INC.
KANSAS CITY, MO·
Event description
Employee killed when struck by train
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was involved in a remote-controlled operation to switch railroad car s in a steel plant yard. He was operating a train consisting of two gondola cars that were being pushed by a diesel locomotive. Employee #1 stopped the train, a pparently changed the switch, and then began to walk up track #1, expecting the train to move along track #2. He was walking along the middle of the track when he was struck and killed by the train. It appears that Employee #1 misjudged the position of the switch.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 38
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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