OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14520068
MANVILLE FOREST PRODUCTS CORPORATION
WEST MONROE, LA·
Event description
Employee killed when run over by railroad car
Investigation abstract
At approximately 10:45 a.m. on November 11, 1986, Employee #1 was riding on the rear side ladder of the middle car of a string of three railroad cars when he st ruck a stationary tank car on the adjacent track. He was knocked from the ladder and fell underneath the wheels of the following car. Employee #1 had both legs and an arm severed, and died in the hospital. The clearance between the string o f cars being pulled and the stationary tank car was 15 inches.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 51 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 38
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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