105,313Records 71,083Employers 85,290Hospitalizations 27,770Amputations 2015-01-01 2025-10-31
Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

SUPERIOR, WISCONSIN—

Northern Plains Railroad / Northern Plains Rail Services

Struck by discharged object or substance · Fractures

Final narrative

An employee was connecting a train to standing rail cars on a track. He connected air hoses for the brakes to the car ahead of it so the brakes could be released. He then opened the angle cock (2-stage valve to give air or take air away from the system) and heard an air leak, so he closed the angle cock and tightened the gladhands. The angle cock was opened again and the gladhand coupling disconnected. Up to 90 psi of air that was trapped in the line caused one of the gladhand connectors to strike his right shin, causing a laceration and a fractured tibia. The employee was hospitalized.

Hospitalized Lower leg(s) Hydraulic and pressurized hoses, lines

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