OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14386015

RAILWAY & INDUSTRIAL SERVICES INC

JOLIET, IL— 1985-02-26T00:00:00

Event: UNSECURED, BLOCKS, WORK RULES, RAILROAD CAR, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, FALLING OBJECT
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #1261700
Employer profile: RAILWAY & INDUSTRIAL SERVICES INC
Summary number: 14386015
Report ID: 521700

Event description

Employee killed when crushed by railroad car

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was under a jacked-up railroad flatcar, between the truck axle and s lope sheet on the center sill of the car body. A forklift had been used to jack up the car. When blocking on the forklift came off the forks, the car body fell on Employee #1. He was crushed and killed between the flatcar body and the axle.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 28 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
19

Event type
2

Source
38

Occupation code
999

Human factor
4

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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