TranslateInspection Detail
Case Status: CLOSED |
Inspection Information - Office: Calumet City | ||||
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| Nr: 1444060.015 | Report ID: 0521700 | Open Date: 11/12/2019 | ||
| National Railroad Passenger Corporation Dba Amtrak | ||||
| 1600 S. Lumber Street Chicago, IL 60616 | Union Status: Union | |||
| SIC: | ||||
| NAICS: 488210/Support Activities for Rail Transportation | ||||
| Mailing: 1 Massachusetts Ave. Nw, Washington, DC 20001 | ||||
| Inspection Type: | Fat/Cat | |||
| Scope: | Partial | Advanced Notice: | N | |
| Ownership: | Private | |||
| Safety/Health: | Safety | Close Conference: | 04/02/2020 | |
| Close Case: | 05/12/2020 | |||
| Related Activity: | Type | ID | Safety | Health |
| Accident | 1517224 | |||
Case Status: CLOSED |
Violation Summary | ||||||
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| Serious | Willful | Repeat | Other | Unclass | Total | |
| Initial Violations | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Current Violations | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Initial Penalty | $13,494 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $13,494 |
| Current Penalty | $10,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $10,000 |
| FTA Amount | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Violation Items | |||||||||||
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| # | ID | Type | Standard | Issuance | Abate | Curr$ | Init$ | Fta$ | Contest | LastEvent | |
| 1. | 01001 | Serious | 19100176 B | 04/02/2020 | 04/08/2020 | $10,000 | $13,494 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
Accident Investigation Summary | ||||||
| Summary Nr: 121568.015 | Event: 11/09/2019 | Employee Is Killed By Falling Railroad Wheel Assembly | ||||
| At 7:00 p.m. on November 9, 2019, an employee was working for a nationwide rail passenger service. He was organizing the storage of idlers and traction motor assemblies. He was moving a traction motor assembly. This assembly consisted of two wheels connected by an axle with a motor attached to it. The assembly weighed about 7,440 kilograms (16,400 pounds). Nearby, there was an elevated idler assembly, consisting of two wheels secured by an axle. It weighed about 2,000 kilograms (4,400 pounds). It became unstable and unsecured, and it fell. It struck and pinned the employee between the idler and another traction motor. He sustained fatal injuries as a result of being struck and pinned by the falling equipment. His abdomen was crushed. He was killed. | ||||||
| Keywords: pinned, railroad, electric motor, falling object, crushed, axle, wheel, unstable position, unstable load, unsecured, train, abdomen, struck by, railroad car | ||||||
| Inspection | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |||
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| 1 | 1444060.015 | Fatality | Fracture | Machinists | ||