Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 171061948 - Railroad employee hospitalized with severe injuries

Accident Summary Nr: 171061948 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 01/03/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304414428	01/03/2002	1791	0	Herm Hughes & Sons Inc

Abstract: On January 3, 2002, an employee was switching out a string of ten empty gondola-type rail cars, by positioning the last rail car, Number DJLX98521, past the truck crossing on train track Number 2. This location was between the rollover area and the mixed waste treatment building, in the southeast quadrant of the railroad yard. The employee was severely injured in an unspecified accident. The employee was hospitalized with severe injuries. He suffered an amputation of his right leg above the knee, amputation of all the toes on his left foot, and an amputation of his little finger on his right hand above the first joint. The employee also sustained multiple hand and back injuries.

Keywords: KNEE, AMPUTATED, FINGER, RAILROAD CAR, BACK, TRUCK, RAILROAD TRACK, TOE, TRAIN, HAND

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	304414428			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Supervisors; brickmasons, stonemasons, tilesetters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Elevator (struck by elevator or counter-weights)

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