Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14498539 - CAUGHT BETWEEN RAILROAD TANK CAR AND FORKLIFT

Accident Summary Nr: 14498539 -- Report ID: 0626600 -- Event Date: 01/09/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100271394	01/13/1986	3743	0	Tmc Engineering Services

Abstract: ON JANUARY 9, 1986, A CREW OF FOUR EMPLOYEES WERE MOVING THREE RAILROAD TANK CARS WITH A MASSEY-FERGUSSON MODEL MF 2500 FORKLIFT. THE FORKLIFT DRIVER CAME UPON A SECTION OF THE TRACKS WHERE TWO TRACKS CROSSED. HE CAME TO A STOP IN ORDER TO CLIMB THE TRACKS. THE 3 TANK CARS KEPT ROLLING. THE LEADING CAR RAN INTO THE BACK OF THE FORKLIFT, CRUSHING THE DRIVER'S HEAD. THE FORKLIFT WAS STRADDLING THE TRACKS.

Keywords: HEAD, RAILROAD TANK CAR, CRUSHED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100271394			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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