OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221423411

ECONOMY COATINGS SYSTEMS INC.

CAMANCHE, IA· 2021-12-22T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Climbing, Climbing on Ladder, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fixed Ladder, Fracture, Head, Railroad Car
NAICS: 493110
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345705677
Employer profile: ECONOMY COATINGS SYSTEMS INC.
Summary number: 221423411
Report ID: 0751910

Event description

Employee suffers multiple injuries in fall from railcar

Investigation abstract

At 6:08 a.m. on December 22, 2021, an employee was climbing a ladder on a rail car to open the heat duct slide gate. The rail car was in process of re-assembling and the running boards on top of the car were not secured. The employee did not know the running boards were not secured to the rail car and reached on to a grab bar that was attached to the running board. The employee pulled the running board off the rail car and fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized to treat a head injury and multiple fractures.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 40 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
889

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