Inspection Detail

Inspection: 105514947 - Tennessee Farmers Cooperative

Inspection Information - Office: Tennessee Osha Knoxville Office - Safety

Investigation Summary

Employee #1, a plant manager with 32 years of experience on the job, was supervising and helping with the unloading of fertilizer materials from railroad cars. He advised a coworker to use a pry-loader vehicle to push four rail cars along the tracks so they could be positioned for unloading into a pit beneath the tracks. Employee #1 then walked to the rear car, observed the cars coupling in the closed position, and quickly attempted to unlock the coupling. He was knocked to the tracks as the car began to move toward his chest. He attempted to roll away but was run over by the rail cars, amputating his legs. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, WORK RULES, RAILROAD CAR, OFF LOADING, STRUCK BY, RUN OVER, TRAIN, LEG