Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 78341.015 - Employee is stuck and killed by a moving locomotive

Accident Summary Nr: 78341.015 -- Report ID: 0316400 -- Event Date: 07/22/2015
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1080439.015	07/25/2015		325211	M & G Polymers Usa Llc

Abstract: At 2:00 p.m. on July 22, 2015, Employee #1 was acting as a switcher on a three-man crew, tasked with moving rail cars. Employee #1 was standing on the first step of the locomotive while it was moving approximately 5-6 mph to the connector location. Based on the photographic evidence and a partial eye-witness, it appears that the employee was rolled under the fuel tank, which protrudes from the side of the locomotive. Employee #1 suffered multiple contusions to his upper torso and lacerations to his left thigh and left heel, resulting in his death.

Keywords: Contusion, Laceration, Locomotive, Railroad, Railroad Car, Struck By, Thigh, Torso

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1080439.015	60	M	Fatality		Railroad brake, signal and switch operators

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