Incident date: 2017-07-17
NAICS industry code: 311222

An employee was loading a rail car when he collapsed and fell. His fall was stopped by his personal fall arrest system (PFAS), but as he was already unconscious he struck his head on a beam or the rail car after his hard hat fell off. The employee was hospitalized for treatment of a seizure, lacerations, and head injuries.

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: Intracranial injuries, unspecified
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate