Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14327795 - Employee killed when struck by bundle of railroad rails

Accident Summary Nr: 14327795 -- Report ID: 0316100 -- Event Date: 04/22/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100401702	04/22/1987	4491	0	Ceres Corporation

Abstract: Employee #1 was removing the chocks from an unstable stack of 60 ft steel railroad rails. Four bundles of three rails each were being hoisted at one time by a forklift, each bundle weighing 700 lb. During a lift, one of the bundles became caught up in the stack by a heading wire and eventually fell from the forks. It is not known if this bundle struck Employee #1 when it fell, or if the rails turned on their sides or were hoisted on their sides, swung several feet and struck him. Employee #1 died of head, back, and leg injuries.

Keywords: LONGSHORING, CLEARANCE, HEAD, WORK RULES, LOAD SHIFT, BACK, RAILROAD TRACK, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100401702			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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