Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 122902.015 - Employee is crushed and killed between railcar and concrete

Accident Summary Nr: 122902.015 -- Report ID: 0214200 -- Event Date: 01/02/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1453600.015	01/02/2020		423930	Lincoln Recycling Services, Llc

Abstract: At 3:30 p.m. on January 2, 2020, an employee was working for a firm engaged in waste collection and recycling. He was riding a railcar to operate its handbrake. The car was being positioned on the south end of a tilt floor by a front end loader. The operator of the front end loader stopped pushing the railcar when he believed he felt the brakes being applied. The rail car struck a concrete south partition wall. The employee was crushed. He sustained blunt force trauma to his torso. He was killed.

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Caught Between, Crushed, Railroad Car, Torso, Wall, Waste Proc Fac

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1453600.015	61	M	Fatality		Rail vehicle operators, n.e.c.

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