Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 829150 - Railroad switchman dies after being struck by paper roll

Accident Summary Nr: 829150 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 01/24/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
115043176	08/12/1991	4011	0	Chicago And North Western Railway Company

Abstract: A truck carrying large rolls of paper was hit by a train as it drove across the tracks. The impact knocked the rolls off the truck. One of the rolls struck Employee #1, the railroad switchman, causing multiple fractures. He died of a blood clot three weeks later.

Keywords: BLOOD CLOT, FRACTURE, PAPER ROLL, COLLISION, TRUCK, STRUCK BY, TRAIN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	115043176			Fatality	Fracture	Railroad brake, signal and switch operators

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