OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14554398
AARON FERER & SONS COMPANY
OMAHA, NE·
Event description
EMPLOYEE CRUSHED BETWEEN RAIL CAR COUPLERS
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1, CLASSFIED AS A LOADER/HELPER, WAS SWITCHING RAILROAD CARS (COUPLING AND UNCOUPLING) IN A SCRAP YARD. HE WAS LAST SEEN BY THE DIESEL SWITCH ENGINE O PERATOR AS HE WAS WALKING DOWN THE RAILROAD TRACKS AHEAD OF 3 CARS ATTACHED TO T HE SWITCH ENGINE. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BACK AN ADDITIONAL 5 CARS UP TO THE 3 ALRE ADY CONNECTED TO THE SWITCH ENGINE, HE APPARENTLY PLACED THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS C HEST BETWEEN THE COUPLES. HE WAS CRUSHED WHEN THE COUPLES CAME TOGETHER.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 38
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 2
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