OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #671768
HEAD,UNSECURED,RAILROAD CAR,SCRAP METAL,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,UNSTABLE LOAD
Event description
BUNDLE OF SCRAP STEEL FELL FROM RR CAR; STRUCK EMPLOYEE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS A LOCOMOTIVE OPERATOR, USING A REMOTE CONTROL TO MOVE RAIL CARS AROUND. HE UNDERTOOK TO MOVE TRAIN ENGINE #50 AND SEVEN GONDOLA CARS LOADED FULL OF SCRAP STEEL BUNDLES (THE BUNDLES WERE APPROXIMATELY FOUR FEET BY THREE BY TH REE FEET, WEIGHING APPROXIMATELY A THOUSAND POUNDS APIECE). EMPLOYEE #1 WAS LOCA TED AT THE FRONT OF THE SIXTH CAR, APPROXIMATELY SIX FEET EAST OF THE TRACKS. WH EN EMPLOYEE #1 WAS FOUND, ONE SCRAP STEEL BUNDLE WAS ON THE GROUND JUST EAST OF HIS HEAD. IT IS LOGICAL TO ASSUME THAT THE BUNDLE FELL FROM ONE OF THE RAIL CARS AND STRUCK, AND KILLED, EMPLOYEE #1.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 59 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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