Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201152873 - Employee sustained abrasions when struck by steel cable

Accident Summary Nr: 201152873 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 08/26/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120124714	09/03/1999	3312	0	California Steel Industries, Inc.

Abstract: On August 26, 1999, Employee #1, a switchman, was struck during a switching operation by a steel cable that was hanging over the side of a scrap rail car. Employee #1 was dragged 15 ft and sustained abrasions and contusions to the neck muscles and larynx, and had symptoms of asphyxia. He was transported to the Arrowhead Regional Medical Center for observation. The materials in the scrap rail cars had not been stacked and secured in a manner that would prevent them from either rolling off, or extending out, or falling down from the rail cars.

Keywords: ASPHYXIATED, WIRE ROPE, DRAGGED, ABRASION, NECK, STRUCK BY, CONTUSION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120124714			Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Railroad brake, signal and switch operators

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