OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14385256
NEPTUNE CONSTRUCTION CO INC
BUFFALO GROVE, IL—
Event description
STRUCK BY FREIGHT TRAIN
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1, A FOREMAN, WAS OVERSEEING A LEAK TEST ON A WATER MAIN THAT HAD BEEN E OF DEATH WAS 11:47 AM ON JANUARY 17, 1986. THE ACCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVEN TED IF A SIGNALMAN OR FLAGMAN HAD BEEN PROVIDED AT THE WORK SITE. PREVIOUSLY INSTALLED BY THE NEPTUNE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. THE LEAK TEST WAS BEI NG PERFORMED ON THE EAST AND WEST SIDES OF AN ELEVATED RAILROAD TRACK THAT RUNS NORTH AND SOUTH. EMPLOYEE #1 CLIMBED THE EMBANKMENT TO THE RAILROAD TRACK ABOUT 1000 FEET NORTH OF LAKE COOK ROAD. HE WANTED TO GIVE INSTRUCTIONS TO SOME EMPLOY EES WORKING ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE RAILROAD TRACK. WHILE STANDING ON OR NEAR TH E RAILROAD TRACK, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STRUCK BY A NORTH BOUND SOO LINE FREIGHT TRAIN (A SINGLE ENGINE AND A SINGLE BOX CAR). EMPLOYEE #1 RECEIVED MULTIPLE INJURIES, AND WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE BY THE LAKE COUNTY DEPUTY CORONER. THE TIM
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 50 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 38
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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