Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200710176 - Employee killed in locomotive collision

Accident Summary Nr: 200710176 -- Report ID: 0636900 -- Event Date: 11/21/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300511037	11/21/1996	3312	0	Chaparral Steel Midlothian L.P.

Abstract: Employee #1, a locomotive operator, was driving a train westward, pulling empty rail cars from the scrap bay area of the plant. At the same time, his coworkers were weighing incoming rail cars loaded with scrap metal bound for the plant. Employee #1's locomotive collided with the last car on the chain of incoming rail cars. His seat struck the upper portion of the loaded end car. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: RAILROAD CAR, STRUCK AGAINST, DRIVER, COLLISION, LOCOMOTIVE, TRAIN, RAILROAD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300511037			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Locomotive operating occupations

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