Incident date: 2021-02-01
NAICS industry code: 423930

An employee was moving railroad cars with a bulldozer so the operator could finish loading them. The employee got off the bulldozer to adjust railcar couplers. One of the railcars moved and the employee was pinched between railcar couplers. The employee sustained a fracture to the left pelvic area and torn ligaments in the left leg and left hip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Rail car(s)-unattached to locomotive
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate