OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #822965
BE&K COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
ELKRIDGE, MD·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION WORKER INJURED WHEN BACKHOE STRUCK BY RAIL CAR
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A BACKHOE ALONG THE CSX RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR THE B. E. & K COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, INC. UNAWARE OF EMPLOYEE #1'S ACTIVITY, A BURRO CRANE C AME AROUND THE CORNER AND STRUCK THE BACKHOE. AN X-ORDER WAS IN EFFECT ON THE LI NE AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, MEANING THAT FROM MILE POST 9.5 TO MILE POST 11 NO TRAINS COULD PASS WITHOUT A FLAGMAN'S PERMISSION. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ATTEMPTING TO JUMP FROM THE BACKHOE WHEN THE CRANE HIT IT. HE WAS DRAGGED APPROXIMATELY 65 FEET, BUT SUFFERED ONLY BRUISES AND LACERATIONS.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 38
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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