Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 53508.015 - Employee falls on railroad tracks and is crushed and killed

Accident Summary Nr: 53508.015 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 10/05/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
943151.015	10/06/2013		115113	Sugarcane Harvesting, Inc.

Abstract: At 6:30 p.m. on October 5, 2013, Employee #1, a spotter, was directing carts of sugar cane being pulled by tractors up a ramp, signaling to the tractor operators to position the carts in line with the railroad cars on the tracks below. The carts were then tilted, dumping the sugarcane into the rail cars below. The last carts on the elevated ramp had been dumped and towed away. A coworker had observed Employee #1 on the platform near the computer shack before descending the ramp to move the loaded railroad cars away from the loading area. Unknown to the coworker, Employee #1 had fallen through the single guardrail system, and landed on the railroad tracks below. As the coworker moved the loaded railroad cars, he dragged Employee #1 20 feet along the track, crushing and killing him.

Keywords: Crushed, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Guardrail, Platform, Railroad, Railroad Car, Railroad Track

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	943151.015	26	M	Fatality		Agriculture and forestry teachers

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