OSHA Injury Report: Avondale Global Gateway LLC

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

The employee was operating a Trackmobile attempting to pull a loaded railcar onto the railyard 's main track.

What happened

In order for the Trackmobile operator to pull the loaded railcar to the yard 's main track a rail switch (switch #4) had to be adjusted in a designated direction which allows rail traffic to proceed on the main track. The rail switch was inadvertently adjusted in the wrong direction allowing the Trackmobile to proceed on the back track where 3 empty railcars were staged. As the trackmobile proceeded on the back track it contacted one of the 3 staged railcars.

Injury or illness

The employee reported experiencing neck back shoulder and right breast pain along stiffness and posttraumatic stress disorder.

Object or substance involved

The employee reports being injured after the trackmobile that she was operating contacted the staged railcar on the back rail track.

Summary line

Operator Collided with empty railcars while trying to pull a loaded railcar down the main track with the Track Mobile

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.