OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #747535
WORK RULES,DUMPSTER,RIDING ON EQUIPMENT,CAUGHT BETWEEN,BOXCAR,STRUCK BY
Event description
Employee killed when caught between boxcar and dumpster
Investigation abstract
On January 25, 1988, Employee #1 was riding on the side of a boxcar that was bei ng pushed by a wheel-loader. When the boxcar passed within 17 in. of a large dum pster Employee #1 was knocked from the car. Employee #1 died that evening in the hospital.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 60 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 38
- Occupation code
- 889
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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