104,543Records 70,659Employers 84,666Hospitalizations 27,563Amputations 2015-01-01 2025-09-30
Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14544175

FLATBED RAIL CAR,FALL,BRIDGE,RAILROAD,AERIAL LIFT

Event
FLATBED RAIL CAR,FALL,BRIDGE,RAILROAD,AERIAL LIFT
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14544175
Report ID
317740

Event description

CHERRY PICKER STRUCK BY LOAD ON FLATBED RAIL CAR.

Investigation abstract

ON AUGUST 27,1984 AT APPROXIMATELY 8:30 A.M., TWO EMPLOYEES WERE WORK- ING FROM A CHERRY PICKER WHICH WAS LOCATED NEAR THE RAILROAD TRACKS AT 12TH AND LEHIGH ST REETS. THE EMPLOYEES WERE REMOVING CEMENT FROM UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE, WHICH CROS SES OVER THE RAILROAD TRACKS. A TRAILER, WHICH WAS LOADED ON A FLATBED RAIL CAR, STRUCK THE CHERRY PICKER, KNOCKING THE EMPLOYEES OUT OF THE CHERRY PICKER AND O NTO THE GROUND. THEY SUSTAINED MULTIPLE INJURIES.

Victims (2)

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 55 M

    Nature of injury
    3
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    1
    Source
    38
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    4
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    1
  2. #2 Hospitalized Age 58 M

    Nature of injury
    3
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    1
    Source
    38
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    4
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    1

Codes shown verbatim from OSHA's accident-investigation database. A human-readable decoder is coming in a future release once the accident_lookup2 dictionary is loaded.