Incident date: 2016-03-04
NAICS industry code: 488210

An employee was attempting to dismount a railcar by the side ladder when the railcar began to move along the tracks. The railcar collided with a pipe layer on an A-frame, crushing the employee's right hand between the pipe layer and the ladder of the railcar. The employee was hospitalized and required hand surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
code_source: title: Rail car(s)-unattached to locomotive
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate