Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 787564 - Employee's leg broken when caught between iron and ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 787564 -- Report ID: 1054114 -- Event Date: 05/02/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
124812991	05/02/1995	5093	0	Edman Corp

Abstract: Employee #1 was helping a locomotive crane operator weigh and switch railroad cars in a scrap iron yard. Employee #1 uncoupled the car and stepped onto the ladder of the car at the far end from the crane. The crane then began to move the car out to switch it. Employee #1 was looking back at the coupling device and control rods and did not see that a large piece of iron was close to the railroad car. As the car moved out, Employee #1's lower leg was caught between the piece of iron and the side of the ladder, fracturing a bone in his lower leg that was later surgically pinned in place.

Keywords: FRACTURE, LADDER, RAILROAD CAR, STRUCK AGAINST, CAUGHT BETWEEN, INATTENTION, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	124812991			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Laborers, except construction

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