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Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.

1 hospitalization · 2020042979 · 4/1/2020 · The Anderson Rail Group dba The Andersons Rail Shop

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Multiple trunk locations
Nature of injury
Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Drums, pulleys, sheaves

Employer

Name
The Anderson Rail Group dba The Andersons Rail Shop
Location
2313 Cannon St., DANVILLE, ILLINOIS, 61832
NAICS
336510
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

On April 1, 2020, an employee was operating a car haul to move a railcar to the next position on a repair truck. As the railcar approached the car haul the employee shut off the air to the car haul's chugger motor. He then stepped in front of the car haul to remove the car haul's hook from the railcars. As he moved to the front of the car haul, he stepped into a cable loop that had formed on the ground. At this point, the railcar was moving past the employee and car haul position, causing the cable loop on the ground to begin tightening as slack was now being picked up. The cable caught the employee around his hip, pulling and pinching him against the car haul frame. He was hospitalized with a fractured pelvis and perforated bladder.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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