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Accident Summary Nr: 200623197 - Employee Is Killed When Crushed by Rail Car

Accident Summary Nr: 200623197 -- Report ID: 0454713 -- Event Date: 09/23/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308188747	09/23/2004	3321	331511	Mueller Co Llc

Abstract: On September 23, 2004, Employee #1, a flagman, was backing up a railroad hopper car, which was being pushed by a front-end loader. When he saw that the rail car was approaching a parked semi-trailer, he attempted to apply the rail car's brakes. The flagman's shirt became caught on a cotter key for the brake release. He was crushed between the rail car and the semi trailer and was killed.

Keywords: BRAKE, WORK RULES, RAILROAD CAR, FLAGMAN, COTTER PIN, COLLISION, CRUSHED, LOADER, TRAILER, BACKING UP

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	308188747			Fatality	Other	Laborers, except construction

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