Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 66989.015 - Employee is run over by train and is killed

Accident Summary Nr: 66989.015 -- Report ID: 0112000 -- Event Date: 08/25/2014
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
992150.015	08/26/2014		811310	Hopkins Fabrication Service

Abstract: At 2:30 p.m. on August 25, 2014, Employee #1 crossed in front of a stopped rail car to get to the other side of the car to ride the ladder into the repair facility. The employee began climbing the ladder of the moving rail car and fell. The employee was run over by the rail cars and locomotive. The accident was unwitnessed and Employee #1 was discovered approximately 20 minutes later between the rails. The employee sustained massive trauma to his entire body and was killed.

Keywords: Fall, Ladder, Railroad, Railroad Car, Run Over, Train

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	992150.015	39	M	Fatality		Rail vehicle operators, n.e.c.

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