OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #608380
RAILROAD CAR,WELDING,CRUSHED,STRUCK BY,CRANE,OVERTURN
Event description
EMPLOYEE STRUCK AND KILLED BY OVERTURNED CLAMP MACHINE
Investigation abstract
At approximately 5:45 p.m. on June 14, 1989, Employee #1 was welding on the bed of a flat railroad car, which was locked into position. A job built pneumatic cl amp device was used to hold work into position. The clamp device was built like a gantry crane with the pneumatic jacks mounted in place of crane unit. The jack s were activated, causing the gantry frame to lift upwards on the rails. Rail cl amps had been on both sides of the wheels beneath the rails, but due to a previo us wreck the rail clamps hand been removed from the inside of each wheel. The up lift action on the rail clamps overpowered the capacity of a clamp and overturne d the frame, which crushed and killed Employee #1.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 783
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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