Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14544175 - CHERRY PICKER STRUCK BY LOAD ON FLATBED RAIL CAR.

Accident Summary Nr: 14544175 -- Report ID: 0317740 -- Event Date: 08/27/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1135573	08/29/1984	1771	0	Pressure Concrete Construction Co

Abstract: ON AUGUST 27,1984 AT APPROXIMATELY 8:30 A.M., TWO EMPLOYEES WERE WORK- ING FROM A CHERRY PICKER WHICH WAS LOCATED NEAR THE RAILROAD TRACKS AT 12TH AND LEHIGH STREETS. THE EMPLOYEES WERE REMOVING CEMENT FROM UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE, WHICH CROSSES OVER THE RAILROAD TRACKS. A TRAILER, WHICH WAS LOADED ON A FLATBED RAIL CAR, STRUCK THE CHERRY PICKER, KNOCKING THE EMPLOYEES OUT OF THE CHERRY PICKER AND ONTO THE GROUND. THEY SUSTAINED MULTIPLE INJURIES.

Keywords: FLATBED RAIL CAR, FALL, BRIDGE, RAILROAD, AERIAL LIFT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1135573			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported
2	1135573			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported

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