Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170758486 - Employee killed when man lift struck by train

Accident Summary Nr: 170758486 -- Report ID: 0454714 -- Event Date: 01/16/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
127338366	01/19/1999	1622	0	Ray Bell Construction Company Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 went to an area of the railroad yard to retrieve a JLG man lift. He was moving it down the tracks when the man lift was struck by an oncoming train. Employee #1 was thrown from the lift; he was killed. Employee #1 did not have permission to move the man lift.

Keywords: EJECTED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, COLLISION, STRUCK BY, TRAIN, RAILROAD, AERIAL LIFT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Bridge		Alteration or rehabilitation		$500,000 to $1,000,000	2	30	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	127338366			Fatality	Other	Concrete and terrazzo finishers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 15 feet Cause: Pouring concrete for piers, and pylons Fatality Cause: Fall from/with bucket (aerial lift/basket)

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