OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #686907
ABDOMEN,RAILROAD CAR,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,TRUCK
Event description
EMPLOYEE CRUSHED BETWEEN RAILROAD CAR AND TRUCK
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 AND OTHER WORKERS WERE TRYING TO MOVE A FLAT RAILROAD CAR INTO POSIT . THE FORKLIFT WAS A CATERPILLAR V-160-B. ION SO THAT STEEL BEAMS COULD BE UNLOADED. THEY WERE ATTEMPTING TO PUSH THE CAR WITH A FORKLIFT, BUT IT WOULDN'T MOVE. EMPLOYEE #1 WENT TO THE NORTH END OF THE CAR AND HOOKED UP A CHAIN TO IT. THE PLAN WAS TO PULL THE CAR, USING A TRUCK. WH ILE HE WAS HOOKING UP THE TRUCK, THE CAR FINALLY MOVED UNDER THE PRESSURE THE FO RKLIFT WAS APPLYING ON THE SOUTH END. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CRUSHED BETWEEN THE RAILRO AD CAR AND THE TRUCK. HE RECEIVED SEVERE INTERNAL ABDOMINAL INJURIES. THE ACCIDE NT OCCURRED ON THE RAILROAD SPAN ADJACENT TO THE BUSINESS. THE RAILROAD CAR WAS A FLAT-TYPE E.J. & E. 8092. THE TRUCK WAS A CHEVROLET C-65, WITH LICENSE #LN5423
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 52 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 644
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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