OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #733816
NORDAHL, INC.
UPTON, WY·
Event description
RUN OVER BY RAILROAD HOPPER CAR
Investigation abstract
AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, EMPLOYEE #1 AND HIS HELPER WERE BORING A HOLE FOR A CITY SEWER LINE BENEATH A RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY. THEY CROSSED TO THE NORTH SIDE OF THE EAST-WEST TRACK TO CHECK ON THE LEVEL OF THEIR BORING OPERATION. WHEN TH EY WERE READY TO RETURN TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE TRACK THEY FOUND EIGHT HOPPER C ARS PARKED IN THEIR WAY. EMPLOYEE #1 AND HIS HELPER DECIDED TO GO UNDER THE CARS , RATHER THAN OVER OR AROUND THEM. THEY WERE UNAWARE OF A TRAIN CREW, SWITCHING CARS, APPROXIMATELY 1 1/2 MILES WEST OF THEM. THE TRAIN, AND THE CARS IT WAS PUS HING, CONTACTED THE EIGHT PARKED HOPPER CARS WHILE EMPLOYEE #1 AND HIS HELPER WE RE UNDER THEM. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS RUN OVER AND KILLED BY ONE OF THE CARS.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 51 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 38
- Occupation code
- 558
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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