Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 732750 - Locomotive operator killed in fall from rail car

Accident Summary Nr: 732750 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 12/21/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126491976	12/23/1996	3441	0	Nucor Steel - Division Of Nucor Corp., Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1, a locomotive operator, and a coworker, a loader operator, were pulling empty scrap metal rail cars out of a scrap bay using a remote-controlled locomotive. The locomotive came to a stop. The loader was on the opposite side of the rail car to the driver, and when it came around, the loader operator found Employee #1 lying beside the track. He apparently slipped and fell from the rail car, striking his head. He died as a result of a fractured neck.

Keywords: FRACTURE, REMOTE CONTROL, RAILROAD CAR, SLIP, LOCOMOTIVE, FALL, NECK

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126491976			Fatality	Fracture	Locomotive operating occupations

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