OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #709964

HEAD,UNCONSCIOUSNESS,STRUCK BY,JACK,RAILROAD

1986-02-28T00:00:00

Event: HEAD,UNCONSCIOUSNESS,STRUCK BY,JACK,RAILROAD
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 709964
Report ID: 854910

Event description

Employee hospitalized after hit in head with jack

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was using a ratchet-type railroad jack to jack up rails to replace b roken ties. Employee #1 failed to push the handle into the jack far enough and, when he pulled back hard on the jack, it came loose and struck him hard on the f ront of his head. Employee #1 was knocked out and was taken to the hospital, whe re he regained consciousness and was held overnight for observation. Employee #1 was released the following day with no apparent long term problems.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 34 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
22

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1

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