OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14495352
TEXAS OKLAHOMA & EASTERN RAILROAD
VALIANT, OK—
Event description
EMPLOYEE CRUSHED BETWEEN RAILROAD CARS
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING ALONE IN THE LOWER CHIP YARD OF THE WEYERHAEUSER PLANT I N VALIANT, OKLAHOMA. HIS DUTIES INVOLVED CHECKING EACH BOXCAR AFTER IT HAD BEEN EMPTIED. HE WOULD CHECK THE ALIGNMENT, CHECK FOR DAMAGE, AND THEN OIL THE CAR. W HEN ONE TRACK BECAME FILLED, EMPLOYEE #1 WOULD SWITCH TRACKS AND REPEAT THE PROC EDURE. WHEN THE RAIL CARS BEGAN BACKING UP INTO THE DUMP, DUMP EMPLOYEES WENT IN TO THE YARD TO SEE WHAT WAS WRONG. THEY FOUND EMPLOYEE #1 CRUSHED BETWEEN TWO RA IL CARS. IT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED WHY EMPLOYEE #1 GOT BETWEEN THE CARS.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 38
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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