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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221409683

Beam,Blunt force,Blunt force trauma,Fall,Fall From Elevation,Fall Protection,Flatbed Rail Car,Forklift,Fracture,Lack of Work Procedures,Material Handling,Misjudgment,Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation,Neck,Off Loading,Powered Industrial Vehicle,Steel,Training,Unloading,Unstable Load,Vertebra,Work Surface

Event
Beam,Blunt force,Blunt force trauma,Fall,Fall From Elevation,Fall Protection,Flatbed Rail Car,Forklift,Fracture,Lack of Work Procedures,Material Handling,Misjudgment,Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation,Neck,Off Loading,Powered Industrial Vehicle,Steel,Training,Unloading,Unstable Load,Vertebra,Work Surface
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
221409683
Report ID
0728900

Event description

Employee fractures neck in fall from railcar when load shift

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 57 M

    Event type
    5
    Occupation code
    0

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