A switchman for a railcar manufacturer died when he was caught between a pole and the railcar he was riding on.

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• Corporate Authors:
  Texas Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (Texas FACE) ; Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission
• Description:
  On January 4, 1999, a 32-year-old male switchman died when he was caught between a railcar and a pole. The switchman was riding on the side of the lead railcar being pushed by a trac-mobile toward other railcars on the track. He was responsible for telling the operator of the trac-mobile how close they were to the other railcars. The victim was riding on the ladder of the lead railcar. Company policy was to walk alongside the railcars and not ride them. Poles had been placed in-between sets of tracks which were used for fall protection by workers when they were working on top of the railcars. Since it was dark and there was no lighting, the victim did not see one of the poles. There was a 7 1/2 inch clearance between the pole and the railcar. The victim was caught between the pole and the railcar. The TX FACE investigator concluded that to reduce the likelihood of similar occurrences, employers should: 1. Install adequate lighting in the area designated as the no ride area. 2. Install concrete walkways between the sets of railroad tracks in the area designated as the no ride area.
• Content Notes:
  Precise Publication Date provided by FACE program
  
  report only indicates "1999"
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Lighting Occupational Health Railroads Safety Safety Management Workplace
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Injuries Injury-prevention Lighting-systems OSHA Region 6 Railroad-industry Railroad-rails Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Traumatic-injuries Work-analysis Work-areas Work-operations Work-performance Work-practices

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE99TX058
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Texas ; OSHA Region 6
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  6 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20028734
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2010-114210
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 99TX058, 1999 Jul ; :1-6
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1999
• Performing Organization:
  Texas Workers' Compensation Commission
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  31-33 - Manufacturing - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1997/07/01
• End Date:
  2002/09/30
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7d4c14998c7825b1b575d5a6742eb43ba1c8629cd4cad5f2a45eece0d5971b6df660eea366362c8e22e9d48fc47e092df18b3f6e732e2ec136cfd0d09bc58832
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/166438/cdc_166438_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 17.62 KB ]