Inspection Detail

Inspection: 109320978 - Burlington Northern Railroad

Inspection Information - Office: Omaha Area Office

Inspection Nr: 109320978

Report ID: 0728900

Date Opened: 10/15/1992

Site Address:
Burlington Northern Railroad
4302 South 8th Street
Omaha, NE 68107

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: Union

SIC:4013

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 10/21/1992

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 08/23/1993

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360827141

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations				1		1
Initial Penalty	$4,250	$0	$0	$0	$0	$4,250
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$2,800	$0	$2,800
FTA Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Violation Items
#	Citation ID	Citaton Type	Standard Cited	Issuance Date	Abatement Due Date	Current Penalty	Initial Penalty	FTA Penalty	Contest	Latest Event	Note
1.	01001	Other	19100022 C	12/02/1992	08/02/1993	$2,800	$4,250	$0	12/22/1992	F - Formal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 14419915

Event: 10/15/1992

Employee dies of anoxia after falling into hopper

During a railroad switching operation at a facility not owned by the railroad, Employee #1, a switchman, spotted a full hull car over an oat hull hopper. He uncoupled the car from the empty cars ahead and asked the engineer to pull out the empty cars. The engine proceeded, exposing an open corn cob hopper on the other side of the building. Upon returning with loaded corn cob cars, the railroad crew was unable to locate Employee #1, who apparently had fallen into the corn cob hopper. He was found a few minutes later, unconscious, and pinned between a secondary corn cob conveyor and a dust ventilation hood. Employee #1 was later pronounced dead of anoxia at a local hospital.

Keywords: OXYGEN DEFICIENCY, UNCONSCIOUSNESS, WORK RULES, HOPPER, PINNED, CAUGHT BY, CORN, CONVEYOR, FALL, FALL PROTECTION

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	109320978			Fatality	Other	Railroad brake, signal and switch operators

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