Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 142341.015 - Employee suffers multiple injuries in fall from railcar

Accident Summary Nr: 142341.015 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 12/22/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1570567.015	12/28/2021		493110	Economy Coatings Systems Inc.

Abstract: At 6:08 a.m. on December 22, 2021, an employee was climbing a ladder on a rail car to open the heat duct slide gate. The rail car was in process of re-assembling and the running boards on top of the car were not secured. The employee did not know the running boards were not secured to the rail car and reached on to a grab bar that was attached to the running board. The employee pulled the running board off the rail car and fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized to treat a head injury and multiple fractures.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Climbing, Climbing on Ladder, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fixed Ladder, Fracture, Head, Railroad Car

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1570567.015	40	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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