OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14549539
TENNESSEE FARMERS COOPERATIVE
ROCKFORD, TN·
Event description
Employee killed when legs amputated by rail car
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a plant manager with 32 years of experience on the job, was supervi sing and helping with the unloading of fertilizer materials from railroad cars. He advised a coworker to use a pry-loader vehicle to push four rail cars along t he tracks so they could be positioned for unloading into a pit beneath the track s. Employee #1 then walked to the rear car, observed the cars coupling in the cl osed position, and quickly attempted to unlock the coupling. He was knocked to t he tracks as the car began to move toward his chest. He attempted to roll away b ut was run over by the rail cars, amputating his legs. Employee #1 was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 53 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 38
- Occupation code
- 485
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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