Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 790428 - Employee killed when run over by railroad car

Accident Summary Nr: 790428 -- Report ID: 1054118 -- Event Date: 01/15/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
115777328	01/16/1997	2063	0	The Amalgamated Sugar Company Llc

Abstract: At approximately 4:30 a.m. on January 15, 1997, Employee #1, a switchman, was riding on the back of a locomotive at a sugar beet processing facility in Nyssa, OR. He was standing on a 14 1/2 inch by 32 inch grated platform that was located directly over the railroad track. The employee hooked up one rail car that was loaded with coke, climbed back on the platform, and signaled the engineer to go ahead. The locomotive had traveled about 107 feet when the engineer noticed that Employee #1 was no longer standing on the platform. He stopped and found the switchman next to the rail tracks behind the coke car. Employee #1's head and arm had been amputated when he was run over by the railroad car.

Keywords: HEAD, AMPUTATED, WORK RULES, RAILROAD CAR, RIDING ON EQUIPMENT, FALL, ARM, DECAPITATED, RUN OVER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	115777328			Fatality	Amputation	Railroad brake, signal and switch operators

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