OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14505051
HULCHER SERVICES, INC.
LEBANON, MO·
Event description
EMPLOYEE CRUSHED WHEN FREEING UP DERAILED RAIL CAR
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 TOOK A CUTTING TORCH INTO AN AREA UNDER A DERAILED TRAIN CAR AND THE DERAILED SET OF WHEELS. THE WHEELS WERE STILL PARTIALLY CONNECTED BY A 1 INCH S TEEL BRAKE ROD. HIS FOREMAN MOTIONED FOR HIM TO CUT THE ROD TO FREE THE CAR. WHE N THE ROD WAS CUT THROUGH, THE TRAIN CAR SHIFTED DOWN AND CRUSHED EMPLOYEE #1 ON THE TRAIN WHEELS. THE ROD PUNCTURED HIS CHEST AND THE CAR CRUSHED HIS HEAD AND UPPER BODY. THE CORONER'S REPORT STATED THAT THE EMPLOYEE DIED OF A PUNCTURED LE FT LUNG, CRUSHED LEFT SHOULDER, SKULL FRACTURE AND OTHER MASSIVE HEAD INJURIES.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 18
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 38
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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