Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 140968.015 - Employee fractures neck in fall from railcar when load shift
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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1562843.015 | 11/09/2021 | 332312 | R & C Welding Fab Trucking And Crane Service, Inc. |
Abstract: At 3:00 p.m. on November 1, 2021, an employee was standing on an I-Beam on a flatbed rail car signaling a coworker. The coworker was operating a forklift unloading steel beams from the car. The load on the car shifted and caused the employee to fall to the ground. The employee fractured an unspecified number of vertebras in his neck, requiring hospitalization.
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury |
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1 | 1562843.015 | 57 | M | Hospitalized injury |