OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #851410
HEAD,SHOULDER,FLATBED RAIL CAR,LOG DECK,RAILROAD CAR,VIBRATIONS,OFF LOADING,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT
Event description
Employee killed when hit by falling logs
Investigation abstract
At approximately 10:30 a.m. on March 19, 1989, Employee #1 and the locomotive cr lder. Employee #1 was killed. ane operator were bringing three flatbed railroad gondola cars to the log deck f or unloading. They had just finished filling the cars to capacity with logs. Whe n they got near their final point of travel on the log deck, Employee #1 had to assist the crane operator by applying sand to the tracks. Once sanding was done, Employee #1 stood adjacent to the locomotive crane. The crane engineer backed u p and then pushed forward. As the locomotive crane gained traction the cars jarr ed. The jarring action caused four logs to roll off a railroad car. One log hit Employee #1 in the head, knocking him down, and a second log hit across his shou
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 849
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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