OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #999417
FRACTURE,PINNED,RAILROAD CAR,STRUCK BY,DOOR,ANKLE
Event description
Employee injured when struck by falling railroad car door
Investigation abstract
At approximately 11:10 a.m. on October 14, 1987, Employee #1 was struck by a rai l car door that fell out of its track after being closed with a forklift and cha in. She was pinned beneath the door, which had fallen on the forks, and suffered splintered bones in her ankle. She was able to crawl out under her own power wh en the forks were raised. Employee #1 required hospitalization.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 30 F
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 38
- Occupation code
- 883
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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