Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14348700 - Switchman killed when run over by rail car

Accident Summary Nr: 14348700 -- Report ID: 0418300 -- Event Date: 11/25/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101235703	11/25/1987	3321	0	United States Pipe And Foundry Company, Llc

Abstract: Employee #1, a switchman, was riding on a narrow platform attached to a locomotive crane. The crane was pulling a rail car and the platform was positioned between the crane locomotive and the trailing rail car. Employee #1 fell from the platform and was run over by the rail car wheels. He was killed.

Keywords: PLATFORM, WORK RULES, RAILROAD CAR, FALL, RUN OVER, CRANE, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101235703			Fatality	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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