Incident date: 2017-12-06
NAICS industry code: 325312

After performing loading activities on top of a hopper railcar, an employee stepped off the railcar. He was wearing fall protection, but the I-beam/trolley system failed. The trolley and employee fell to the ground. He suffered fractures and lacerations.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Train, locomotive, rail car, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate