Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200770741 - Employee injured in train collision in tunnel

Accident Summary Nr: 200770741 -- Report ID: 0134000 -- Event Date: 05/11/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300550555	05/11/2000	1622	0	Shea/Traylor/Healy, Joint Venture

Abstract: On May 11, 2000, Employee #1 and coworkers were in a mantrip when it collided with an engine pushing three Moran cars filled with concrete inside the westbound Metrowest tunnel. Employee #1 sustained multiple fractures, for which he was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, TUNNEL, RAILROAD CAR, CONSTRUCTION, COLLISION, LOCOMOTIVE, MECH MAT HANDLING, TRAIN

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300550555			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pouring concrete foundations and walls Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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