Railcar Worker Dies After Being Crushed by a Reach Stacker Lifting a Wind Tower Section – Colorado

Reyes, Edgar

doi:10.26616/NIOSHFACE201101

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Railcar Worker Dies After Being Crushed by a Reach Stacker Lifting a Wind Tower Section – Colorado

2011/11/07
By Reyes, Edgar
Series: Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)

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Reyes, Edgar
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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
Description:

On October 27, 2010, a 21-year-old worker died after being crushed between the tire of a reach stacker (powered industrial truck) and a railcar. Wind turbine tower sections weighing up to 54 tons each were being loaded onto railcars by the use of two reach stackers, one connected to each end of the tower section by web slings. Four workers were involved in the loading operation: two reach stacker operators and two spotters/riggers. When the incident occurred, one rigger was on the railcar, while the other (the victim) had moved to the ground and was walking between the reach stacker and the railcar. When the rigger on the railcar signaled a reach stacker operator to release the tension on the sling, the operator, unaware of the victim's location, moved the reach stacker forward, crushing the spotter/rigger against the railcar. The rigger on the railcar saw the incident and immediately signaled for the operator to back away from the railcar. The operator backed away, dismounted his machine, and then attempted to resuscitate the victim. The company emergency response team and city paramedics were called. Emergency personnel arrived within minutes and performed CPR, but were unable to revive the victim. A few minutes later city paramedics arrived at the scene, but were also unable to revive the victim. The victim was pronounced dead at the hospital due to a crushing injury to the upper torso.
Subjects:

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Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
Keywords:

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Accident-prevention Accidents Engineering-controls Equipment-design Equipment-operators Injuries Injury-prevention Machine-guarding Machine-operators OSHA Region 8 Safety-education Safety-engineering Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Safety-practices Safety-programs Surveillance Traumatic-injuries Warning-systems Work-operations Work-practices Worker-motivation
FACE - NIOSH and State:

All (0000) ; Machine (All) (0011) ; Machine Manufacturing (0012) ; Prevention through Design (PtD) (0025)

All (0000) ; Machine (All) (0011) ; Machine Manufacturing (0012) ; Prevention through Design (PtD) (0025) Less -
Series:

Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
Subseries:

NIOSH (In-House)
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHFACE201101
Publisher:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Document Type:

Text
Funding:

Grant
Genre:

Field Study
Place as Subject:

Colorado ; OSHA Region 8

Colorado ; OSHA Region 8 Less -
CIO:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Division:

DSR - Division of Safety Research
Topic:

Workplace Safety & Health
Location:

North America
Pages in Document:

16 pages
Contributor:

Helmkamp, James;Kiefer, Max;Moore, Paul;
NIOSHTIC Number:

20040073
NTIS Accession Number:

PB2012-103646
Citation:

Morgantown, : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Federal Fiscal Year:

2012
Peer Reviewed:

False
NAICS and SIC Codes:

48-49 - Transportation and Warehousing - (NAICS 2022)
Start Date:

2010/10/27
Resource Number:

FACE-2011-01
Collection(s):

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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