Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200030898 - Employee killed when caught between dumper arm and rail car

Accident Summary Nr: 200030898 -- Report ID: 0521700 -- Event Date: 12/09/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303116735	12/10/1999	1622	0	Kenny Kiewit Shea Joint Venture

Abstract: Employee #1, a laborer, was attaching a hold-down chain to a rail car footpad when his head became caught between the car dumper arm and the rail car. He was crushed and killed.

Keywords: HEAD, WORK RULES, RAILROAD CAR, CONSTRUCTION, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, RAILROAD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303116735			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Unloading-loading equipment/material (except by cr

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