OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221430275

NJ TRANSIT HEAVY RAIL*

KEARNY, NJ· 2021-09-17T00:00:00

Event: Driver, Electrical Wire, Engineer, Head, Locomotive, Rail, Railroad, Railroad Car, Railroad Track, Railway Circuit, Struck Against, Struck By, Train
NAICS: 485111
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345741532
Employer profile: NJ TRANSIT HEAVY RAIL*
Summary number: 221430275
Report ID: 0253420

Event description

Employee bumps head on window when cantery wire strikes trai

Investigation abstract

At 11:00 a.m. on September 17, 2021, an employee working as a train engineer for a state public transit authority was driving a locomotive. The catenary wire struck the train causing the employee to bump his head on a glass window. The employee did not have any reported injuries, but was taken to the hospital as a precaution.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 55 M

Event type
14

Occupation code
824

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