Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries

Name: Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries at Road and Rail Services, Inc.
Start: 11/25/2024

1 hospitalization · 20241110947 · 11/25/2024 · Road and Rail Services, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple body parts n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet
Source: Heavy rail vehicles unspecified
Secondary source: Ground, travel, and support surfaces unspecified

Employer

Name: Road and Rail Services, Inc.
Location: LPC - BNSF, 27141 S Industrial Park Dr., ELWOOD, ILLINOIS, 60421
NAICS: 488210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was climbing the rear ladder on the side of the railcar to enter the B-Deck to unload. They fell approximately 11 feet from the ladder to the ground and sustained multiple fractures to their clavicle, ribs, and skull, as well as a collapsed lung.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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