Incident date: 2022-07-07
NAICS industry code: 115116

An employee was inspecting rail cars from the top to ensure they were ready to accept grain for shipment. The rail car moved and he ducked to avoid the grain spout, which snagged his fall protection, causing him to fall into the rail car. His fall protection caught him, but he struck the wall of the car and suffered facial injuries including a potential orbital fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system
code_source: title: Train, locomotive, rail car, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Eye(s)
severity: moderate