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Accident Summary Nr: 14520860 - EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN CRUSHED BETWEEN RAIL CAR AND CRANE

Accident Summary Nr: 14520860 -- Report ID: 0524530 -- Event Date: 07/06/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102582566	07/08/1988	5093	0	O'Dell Iron & Metal Co., Inc.

Abstract: A CRAWLER CRANE BEING REPOSITIONED IN A SCRAP YARD WAS TRAVELLING PARALLEL TO SOME RAILROAD TRACKS. THE CRANE BODY WAS POSITIONED SO THAT THE COUNTERWEIGHT WAS CLOSE TO SOME RAIL CARS SITTING ON THE TRACK. THE CRANE OPERATOR WAS UNABLE TO SEE THE AREA BETWEEN THE CARS AND THE COUNTERWEIGHT AND DID NOT UTILIZE A GUIDE. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE (EMPLOYEE #1), WHO HAD NO BUSINESS BEING IN THE AREA, STEPPED FROM BETWEEN TWO RAILROAD CARS INTO THE PATH OF THE CRANE. HE WAS STRUCK BY THE COUNTERWEIGHT AND PINNED AGAINST THE SIDE OF ONE OF THE RAIL CARS. HE WAS KILLED.

Keywords: CHEST, PINNED, WORK RULES, CRAWLER CRANE, RAILROAD CAR, SCRAP YARD, CRANE COUNTERWEIGHT, STRUCK BY, CRANE, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	102582566			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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