OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14520860
O'DELL IRON & METAL CO., INC.
MADISON, IL·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN CRUSHED BETWEEN RAIL CAR AND CRANE
Investigation abstract
A CRAWLER CRANE BEING REPOSITIONED IN A SCRAP YARD WAS TRAVELLING PARALLEL TO SO ME RAILROAD TRACKS. THE CRANE BODY WAS POSITIONED SO THAT THE COUNTERWEIGHT WAS CLOSE TO SOME RAIL CARS SITTING ON THE TRACK. THE CRANE OPERATOR WAS UNABLE TO S EE THE AREA BETWEEN THE CARS AND THE COUNTERWEIGHT AND DID NOT UTILIZE A GUIDE. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE (EMPLOYEE #1), WHO HAD NO BUSINESS BEING IN THE AREA, STEPPED F ROM BETWEEN TWO RAILROAD CARS INTO THE PATH OF THE CRANE. HE WAS STRUCK BY THE C OUNTERWEIGHT AND PINNED AGAINST THE SIDE OF ONE OF THE RAIL CARS. HE WAS KILLED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 53 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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