Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14422570 - Employee killed when struck by scrap railroad car metal

Accident Summary Nr: 14422570 -- Report ID: 0729710 -- Event Date: 07/14/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
113818629	07/15/1992	5093	0	Erman Corporation, Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 was riding on a locomotive crane that was carrying a piece of scrap metal from a railroad car to a shear when the piece dropped from the grapple bucket and landed on the railroad tracks. The operator was unable to stop the locomotive crane before it struck the scrap, which in turn struck Employee #1 in the chest area, killing him.

Keywords: CHEST, LOCOMOTIVE, SCRAP METAL, RAILROAD TRACK, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT, CRANE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	113818629			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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