OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14528251
WORK RULES,LOAD SHIFT,RAILROAD CAR,COLLISION,CRUSHED,STRUCK BY
Event description
Employee killed by shifting load in moving rail car
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was attempting to move and control a loaded rail car using the hand brake. When the rolling rail car approached other parked rail cars, Employee #1 apparently got into the fully loaded rail car. When the rail cars collided, the cross ties in the rail car shifted, striking and killing Employee #1.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 38
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
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