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Accident Summary Nr: 14495352 - EMPLOYEE CRUSHED BETWEEN RAILROAD CARS

Accident Summary Nr: 14495352 -- Report ID: 0627700 -- Event Date: 11/15/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
841452	11/28/1984	4013	0	Texas Oklahoma & Eastern Railroad

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING ALONE IN THE LOWER CHIP YARD OF THE WEYERHAEUSER PLANT IN VALIANT, OKLAHOMA. HIS DUTIES INVOLVED CHECKING EACH BOXCAR AFTER IT HAD BEEN EMPTIED. HE WOULD CHECK THE ALIGNMENT, CHECK FOR DAMAGE, AND THEN OIL THE CAR. WHEN ONE TRACK BECAME FILLED, EMPLOYEE #1 WOULD SWITCH TRACKS AND REPEAT THE PROCEDURE. WHEN THE RAIL CARS BEGAN BACKING UP INTO THE DUMP, DUMP EMPLOYEES WENT INTO THE YARD TO SEE WHAT WAS WRONG. THEY FOUND EMPLOYEE #1 CRUSHED BETWEEN TWO RAIL CARS. IT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED WHY EMPLOYEE #1 GOT BETWEEN THE CARS.

Keywords: RAIL, RAILROAD CAR, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, BOXCAR, RAILROAD TRACK

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	841452			Fatality	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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