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Accident Summary Nr: 170732341 - Employee's ankle amputated when struck by railcar

Accident Summary Nr: 170732341 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 09/16/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125887208	12/05/1995	1541	0	Caraway Construction Inc

Abstract: At 12:01 p.m. on September 19, 1995, Employee #1, of North American Chemical, Trona, CA, was unloading a railcar of caked sodium sulfate. He was lying under the railcar assisting in discharging the product onto a portable transloading conveyor when the railcar was struck by two runaway railcars. Employee #1 was dragged approximately 10 to 15 feet while underneath the railcar and his left ankle was amputated. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, RAILROAD CAR, CONSTRUCTION, DRAGGED, COLLISION, STRUCK BY, UNMANNED, ANKLE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125887208			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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