OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14527477
TOWNHOUSE PENTHOUSE INDUSTRIES, AMORY DIVISION
AMORY, MS·
Event description
EMPLOYEE STRUCK AND KILLED BY FALLING BOXCAR DOOR
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WALKING ON THE GROUND BESIDE RAILROAD BOXCAR, TRYING TO CLOSE TH E BOXCAR DOOR. HE WAS USING A HORIZONTAL CHAIN HOIST (COME ALONG) AND CHAIN. THE DOOR WAS 10 FEET WIDE, 10 FEET, 4 INCHES HIGH AND WEIGHED 600 - 700 POUNDS. THE DOOR'S TOP RAIL WAS BROKEN, ALLOWING THE DOOR PULLEYS TO ROLL OFF THE RAIL AS T HE DOOR WAS BEING CLOSED. THE UNSECURED DOOR FELL OVER ONTO EMPLOYEE #1, KILLING HIM. THE EMPLOYEE WAS NOT STANDING IN A SAFE LOCATION FROM WHICH TO OPERATE THE CHAIN HOIST.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 59 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 38
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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