OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14554331

DISMANTLING,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,RAILROAD CAR,WELDER,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,CUTTING AND BURNING

1987-09-08T00:00:00

Event: DISMANTLING,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,RAILROAD CAR,WELDER,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,CUTTING AND BURNING
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14554331
Report ID: 728900

Event description

Welder killed when struck by falling side of railroad car

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was cutting a railroad gravel car to prepare it for scrapping by a c oworker who had already finished cutting his own car. Employee #1 was cutting on the south side of the car when the car's side fell over on him. He was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 29 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
19

Event type
1

Source
38

Occupation code
999

Human factor
4

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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