Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 143027.015 - Employee bumps head on window when cantery wire strikes trai

Accident Summary Nr: 143027.015 -- Report ID: 0253420 -- Event Date: 09/17/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1574153.015	09/17/2021		485111	Nj Transit Heavy Rail*

Abstract: At 11:00 a.m. on September 17, 2021, an employee working as a train engineer for a state public transit authority was driving a locomotive. The catenary wire struck the train causing the employee to bump his head on a glass window. The employee did not have any reported injuries, but was taken to the hospital as a precaution.

Keywords: Driver, Electrical Wire, Engineer, Head, Locomotive, Rail, Railroad, Railroad Car, Railroad Track, Railway Circuit, Struck Against, Struck By, Train

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1574153.015	55	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Locomotive operating occupations

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