OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221409683

R & C WELDING FAB TRUCKING AND CRANE SERVICE, INC.

SCOTTSBLUFF, NE· 2021-11-01T00:00:00

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
NAICS: 332312
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345628432
Employer profile: R & C WELDING FAB TRUCKING AND CRANE SERVICE, INC.
Summary number: 221409683
Report ID: 0728900

Event description

Employee fractures neck in fall from railcar when load shift

Investigation abstract

At 3:00 p.m. on November 1, 2021, an employee was standing on an I-Beam on a flatbed rail car signaling a coworker. The coworker was operating a forklift unloading steel beams from the car. The load on the car shifted and caused the employee to fall to the ground. The employee fractured an unspecified number of vertebras in his neck, requiring hospitalization.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 57 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
0

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