Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170150726 - Employee's hand crushed by falling flatbed rail car

Accident Summary Nr: 170150726 -- Report ID: 0950652 -- Event Date: 01/21/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120105796	01/21/1998	1629	0	Traylor Bros-Frontier Kemper

Abstract: Employee #1 was working on an axle of a flatbed rail car, which had been raised using a hydraulic jack. It was also chocked on opposite sides by multiple blocks of wood, which did not effectively block or support the load. A crane lowered another flatcar onto the track adjacent to the car on which Employee #1 was working. When the flatcar was set down, it rolled and struck a remixer car, which then bumped the flatbed car and knocked it off the jack. Employee #1 sustained a laceration when the derailed car came down on his hand.

Keywords: HYDRAULIC JACK, UNSECURED, BLOCKS, FLATBED RAIL CAR, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, LACERATION, FALLING OBJECT, HAND, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Other		$20,000,000 and over		35

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	120105796			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Heavy equipment mechanics	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Emplacing reinforcing steel Fatality Cause: Caught in stationary equipment

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