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Accident: 14250260 - Employee'S Arm Severed When Run Over By Railroad Car

Accident: 14250260 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 08/20/1989
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
303131708/25/19892621Champion International Corp.
Employee #1, a switchman, was spotting a tank car on a track stub and was applying the brake while the train was still moving. The train bumped a full coal car on the same track which caused Employee #1 to fall between the cars onto the track. The conductor reversed the direction of the train and Employee #1 was dragged underneath the tank car and her right arm was severed.
Keywords: severed, railroad tank car, railroad car, fall, railroad track, arm, run over, railroad
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 3031317 Hospitalized injury Amputation Railroad brake, signal and switch operators

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