Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-07-12	Newport News	Va	Dominion Terminal Associates LLP	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
An employee was welding a mild steel deflector onto a rail car dumper. The employee unhooked their lanyard to reach a welding rod and received an electrical shock. The employee fell 20 feet to the steel floor and was hospitalized for a fractured wrist and pelvis.
2021-07-08	Mansfield	Tx	Plastic Industries Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was unloading resin from a railcar. As the employee was pushing the lever to open the outside storage container at the bottom of the rail car, his left pinky finger was amputated.
2021-06-28	Elwood	Il	Parsec, Inc.	Brain	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was climbing down a ladder on a rail car. The employee's foot slipped on the bottom rung and he fell backward about 2 feet to the ground, hitting his head and suffering a concussion and a contusion to the back of the head.
2021-06-15	Plaquemine	La	Amsted Digital Solutions	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was installing equipment on a rail car. The employee developed heat-related illness and was hospitalized.
2021-06-10	Marysville	Oh	Road and Rail Services	Wrist(s)	Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
An employee was exiting the rear of a rail car by the fixed ladder on the rail car when they fell approximately 18 feet, resulting in a fractured wrist and laceration to the face that required hospitalization and surgery.
2021-05-05	Batesville	Ar	Future Fuel Chemical Company	Multiple body parts	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
On 5/4/2021, an employee was opening the top of a rail car for unloading and was sprayed with oleum on their head, face and eyes, torso and both arms and hands.
2021-04-09	Fort Worth	Tx	TrinityRail Maintenance Services, Inc. Plant 4025	Upper and lower limb(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee slipped and fell while descending a fixed ladder on a rail car. The employee suffered a broken left wrist and left leg.
2021-03-20	Englewood	Co	Western Metals Recycling, L.L.C.	Leg(s)	Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
An employee was working in a rail yard coupling rail cars when his left leg was pinned between rail cars at the knuckle joint. The leg was broken.
2021-03-04	Altus	Ok	Producers Cooperative Oil Mill	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was emptying a rail car. The car's door closed on his left hand, amputating the ring finger at the second knuckle.
2021-02-22	Tulsa	Ok	Yaffe Iron & Metal Co., Inc	Foot(feet) and leg(s)	Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
An employee was walking alongside a rail car. The railcar rolled out of control, striking and rolling over the employee. The employee suffered an amputation to the right leg between the hip socket and the knee, a partial amputation of the left foot, a broken pelvis, and abdominal injuries.
2021-02-08	Bridgeport	Ne	Progress Rail Services	Neck and back	Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
An employee was making a cut on the metal of a rail car using an air arcing cutting torch. The employee's clothing was ignited, resulting in second-degree burns with a small patch of third-degree burns to the right side of his back and neck.
2020-10-14	Axis	Al	TMS International	Foot (feet)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee was coupling rail cars when an unknown object struck his left foot penetrating his leather boot and causing a laceration/puncture injury to his left foot.
2020-10-12	Laredo	Tx	Star Holding LLC	Thigh(s)	Other fall to lower level
While climbing an external ladder on a rail car, an employee fell to the ground and sustained a broken right femur.
2020-10-06	San Antonio	Tx	R.J. Corman Railroad Switching Company LLC.	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was transitioning from the B deck of a rail car to the rail car side ladder. The employee lost his grip on the ladder and fell approximately six feet striking his backside on the hood of a parked shuttle pickup truck.
2020-09-15	Bessemer	Al	U.S. Pipe and Foundry Company	Foot (feet)	Struck by object or equipment
An employee was moving two steel pipes from one run to another run using a rail car pipe truck. While transferring pipe, the east (right side) pipe struck a steel I-beam causing the pipe to jump the pipe truck retainer lip and the spigot end of the pipe struck the employee's foot. The employee suffered a partial amputation of the foot.
2020-07-27	Kansas City	Kansas	Procter and Gamble Manufacturing Plant	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
After chocking the wheels of a rail car an employee stood up and felt dizzy. The employee then fell onto a concrete curb along the rail track. He sustained lacerations to the head and hand, a bruised sternum, and fractured ribs.
2020-06-19	Cleveland	Texas	UNION TANK CAR COMPANY	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was climbing a ladder attached to a rail car, with the intention of inspecting a valve. The employee was on the fourth rung, slipped, and fell to the cement ground below. The employee was hospitalized with broken leg bones.
2020-05-27	Kremlin	Oklahoma	OXBOW CALCINING L.L.C.	Lower leg(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping
While working on top of a rail car, an employee's leg got caught on the top of the rail car. The employee fell to the rail car surface and sustained a broken tibia and fibula.
2020-05-12	New Haven	Connecticut	Kawasaki Rail Car, Inc.	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by discharged object or substance
A rail car technician was compressing springs. When he released the spring from the press cage, the bolt released from the lower seat of the spring and hit his throat, injuring it.
2020-03-23	Marion	Ohio	Labor Max Staffing	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
On March 23, 2020, an employee's left index finger was smashed and broken in a rail car's sliding steel door. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
2020-03-14	Houston	Texas	GULF STREAM MARINE	Upper and lower limb(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was working inside a gondola rail car, rigging bundles of steel rebar for hoisting out of the car. During a partial breakout lift (hoisting about 2 feet to gain access for slinging), a nylon strap parted under the 1,100-2,200-pound load, which fell back into the car and struck the employee. The employee suffered a broken femur and collarbone.
2020-02-18	Watkins Glen	New York	Cargill Salt	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee was loading rail cars. The employee fell from a car, suffering broken ribs and further injuries, and was hospitalized.
2020-02-17	Denver	Colorado	Superlam	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
An employee was removing trash from a rail car. As the employee exited the railcar and stepped onto the dock plate to re-enter the dock, the employee mis-stepped and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured clavicle and fractured ribs.
2020-02-13	Quincy	Massachusett	BOSTON SAND & GRAVEL COMPANY	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
An employee had been checking airlines on railcars. The pickup truck that the employee had been driving rolled backwards and pinned him between the driver's side door and a rail car. He sustained bruised ribs.
2020-01-07	Houston	Texas	UTLX Manufacturing LLC	Brain	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was installing a brake part on a refurbished rail car. The employee fell from a 4-foot ladder to the cement floor, suffering head injuries and losing consciousness. He was hospitalized.
2019-08-11	Mc Intosh	Alabama	BASF Corporation	Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)	Exposure to harmful substance through skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was loosening a hose from a rail car when the hose splashed sulfuric acid on the employee, causing chemical burns to the shoulder.
2019-08-09	Phoenixville	Pennsylvania	McAvoy Brick Company	Nonclassifiable	Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet
Employees were tasked with fixing an indoor rail car that is utilized for brick making activities. The injured employee went into an open storage area to retrieve corrugated aluminum to utilize for repair activities. The employee stepped on a piece of foam board and fell through the foam board approximately 10 feet into the room below.
2019-07-21	Brackettville	Texas	Kinney County Rail Port	Foot (feet)	Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
A conductor bled rail cars. The cars started to roll southeast down the lead. An employee attempted to apply the handbrake. While reaching for the handbrake, the employee stepped on a rail and then a rail car ran onto and stopped on his left foot. Half of his foot was amputated.
2019-06-09	Deer Park	Texas	S&B Plant Services, Ltd.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was working outside in a rail car cleaning process area. The employee began to suffer heat-related muscle cramps and was hospitalized.
2019-06-07	Elsie	Nebraska	Hi-Line Cooperative Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
An employee was walking alongside two rail cars. When they were disconnected, the rear car began to move. The employee was moving to set its hand brake when the wheel ran over his right leg. The leg was medically amputated below the knee.
2019-05-24	Pasadena	Texas	Rescar Companies	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Employees were installing a coupler in a rail car. The coupler got stuck to the forks on the forklift and as they were attempting to loosen the coupler, it fell onto an employee's right foot causing an open fracture to the big toe.
2019-05-16	Waynesboro	Mississippi	Mar-Jac Poultry MS	Upper and lower limb(s)	Other jump to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was on a manlift changing light bulbs. Rail cars were being moved and the employee felt like the rail car was going to hit the lift therefore, he jumped approximately 10 to 12 feet to the ground resulting in a fractured left arm and a fractured right leg and ankle.
2019-04-29	Hollidaysburg	Pennsylvania	Curry Rail Services Inc.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was climbing a rail car ladder when he fell about 10 feet, hitting the ground and an adjacent rail car. He suffered a broken jaw and fractured vertebrae.
2019-04-29	Lolita	Texas	Inteplast Group	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
An employee was switching rail cars. After he stepped off a railcar onto the rail, the railcar that was just uncoupled rolled over his right foot. Three toes were crushed and the tips of two toes were surgically amputated.
2019-04-20	Houston	Texas	Sasol Chemicals (USA) LLC	Multiple body parts	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was disconnecting a rail car loading arm when Meta-Para-Cresol (M-P-99) splashed on him, causing chemical burns to his face, back, arms, and legs.
2019-04-11	Lake Village	Arkansas	Epstein Land Co.	Upper and lower limb(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was working on a rail car ladder, 8-10 feet off the ground, putting a tarp on the rail car. A strong gust of wind blew the tarp, causing the employee to lose his footing. He fell from the ladder to the ground, breaking his right leg and right elbow.
2019-04-08	White	Georgia	Lafarge Holcim	Knee(s)	Derailment
An employee was using a railcar mover to move a damaged rail car to be unloaded. The rail car did not have functioning brakes at the time. As the employee backed the rail car down the track, it started to go down an incline. The employee lost control and the rail car and railcar mover flipped on its side. He was dislodged from his seat and his knee struck an object inside the railcar mover.
2019-03-21	Payette	Idaho	Seneca Foods	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
The injured employee and a forklift operator were unloading bean totes out of rail cars. The totes are large fabric bags with fabric loops that are used to move the totes. The injured employee was guiding the forklift operator to place the forks into the tote's loops when the injured employee's right pinky finger was pinched between the forks and the loops resulting in a partial amputation.
2019-02-18	Mobile	Alabama	CSA Equipment Company	Hand(s)	Nonroadway collision with other vehicle
An employee was using a forklift on a rail dock. Its tires went off the dock, causing the forklift to lean; the employee's right hand was pinched between the forklift and a rail car, causing fractures and a laceration.
2019-02-12	Fleming	Colorado	CHS Grainland	Foot (feet)	Fall or jump from and struck by rail vehicle-transportation incident
An employee was moving rail cars. While standing on the rail car trying to set the brakes, he slipped and fell and the rail car rolled over his foot. The employee's foot was surgically amputated.
2019-01-29	Van Buren	Arkansas	Afco Steel, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
On January 29, 2019, three employees were connecting rail cars using a forklift. While connecting the cars, the injured employee noticed the coupler was closed and reached in to open it. His right hand was crushed between the two couplers resulting in surgical amputation of the index, middle and ring fingers.
2019-01-27	Avon	New York	Barilla America NY, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped and fell on snow/ice while walking from the rail shed to a stationary rail car to tighten the hand brake. The employee sustained a rib fracture and possible pneumothorax. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-01-27	La Porte	Texas	Rail Link, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by rail vehicle-transportation incident
An employee was boarding a rail car that was moving approximately 2 miles per hour. The employee fell down and their left foot was run over. The employee required the medical amputation of the leg to just below the knee.
2019-01-08	Chillicothe	Texas	Louis Dreyfus Company Interior Elevators LLC	Nonclassifiable	Nonclassifiable
An employee was standing on the ground dumping from a hopper rail car while operating a pneumatic car door opener. He was then struck by a compressed air hose and the car door opener while being partially dragged on the ground by a utility vehicle for 15 to 20 feet. He was hospitalized with multiple contusions to the body.
2018-09-05	Ronks	Pennsylvania	Strasburg Railroad Company	Multiple body parts	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was offloading grain from a rail car to a truck. While crossing over a conveyor belt, the employee tripped and fell into the conveyor and was caught in the tube. He suffered "road rash"-type burns to his back, ribs, and arms and was hospitalized for burn treatment.
2018-08-17	Nampa	Idaho	AMERICOLD LOGISTICS, LLC	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee fell 4 feet from a rail car to the ground while opening the rail car door, breaking his left leg.
2018-07-16	Arabi	Louisiana	American Sugar Refining, Inc.	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
An employee was attempting to step onto a rolling rail car when his foot slipped and his right foot went under the rail car wheel amputating all five toes.
2018-06-22	Brunswick	Georgia	International Auto Processing, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
While on foot helping offload autos from a rail car, an employee was crushed between two of the autos.
2018-05-11	Lebanon	Pennsylvania	JMG Global	Head and trunk	Other fall to lower level
An employee drove a road-rail material handling truck to a fabrication business/shop to transport a rail cart. The road-rail truck was equipped with a boom lift, and the employee sat in the boom operator seat and used the boom to lift the rail cart off the truck. While lifting the rail cart off the road-rail truck, the boom over-extended, which caused the road-rail truck to lean. The rail cart then fell off the boom, causing the road-rail truck to rock and the employee to fall out of the boom op
2018-04-30	Yonkers	New York	KAWASKI RAILCAR CO.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Pedestrian struck by rail vehicle-transportation incident
An employee was helping a team move a railcar on a high rail when his left hand became trapped and crushed by the rail car wheel. His pinky was amputated.
2018-02-14	Hamburg	Pennsylvania	Kore Mart, Ltd	Foot (feet)	Rail vehicle incident
An employee had started to move the rail car and was climbing the car to set the brake when the employee's foot slipped off the ladder resulting in amputation of the right foot.
2018-01-18	Minneola	Kansas	Kansas Grain Inspection Service, Inc	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
An employee was sampling grain and fell 15 feet from the top of a rail car. The employee was hospitalized with a dislocated hip and elbow.
2017-07-31	Ville Platte	Louisiana	Union Tank Car Company	Fingertip(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was standing on a 6-foot ladder using a handheld grinder to grind the sidewall inside of a rail car. The guard on the grinder slipped and the grinder wheel fell off striking the employee's index finger resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2017-07-17	Saint Joseph	Missouri	AG PROCESSING, INC.	Brain	Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system
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.
2017-04-24	Richardton	North Dakota	Red Trail Energy	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Nonclassifiable
On April 24, 2017, an employee fell off a rail car suffering internal injuries.
2017-04-17	Cherokee	Alabama	Navistar, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
The injured employee was pressing down a rail car pusher arm with a crow bar when another employee moved the rail car forward and crushed the injured employee's left index finger resulting in a partial amputation between the distal and middle joints.
2017-04-10	Wooster	Ohio	Related Ventures Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
While attempting to remove an obstruction from a valve that was located inside of a rail car, the valve closed and amputated an employee's left ring finger.
2017-03-21	Bloomington	Illinois	Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was attempting to load material into a monorail cart. As the employee was pushing the material into the monorail material cups, the employee's right middle finger was pinched between the material shell bar and monorail cart cups. The fingertip had to be surgically amputated.
2017-03-18	Elwood	Illinois	American Auto Works	Scalp	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was hanging bridge plates and lost his balance in the rail car and fell to the ground. The employee suffered a laceration to the back of his head.
2017-01-29	Bloomington	Illinois	Evergreen FS, Inc.	Leg(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
A temporary employee was riding in a track mobile that moves rail cars. While dismounting the moving track mobile, the employee's leg became pinned between the track mobile and a stationary pole. The employee was hospitalized for a broken leg that required surgery.
2017-01-04	Chicago	Illinois	Auto Warehousing Company	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was scanning vehicles on a rail car and was descending a ladder when he lost his balance and fell approximately 12 to 14 feet to the concrete surface below. He broke his left hand, left wrist, left hip, and two ribs.
2016-09-19	Orange	Texas	Lhoist North America	Leg(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was standing on a transloader conveyor belt. He was in a crouched position attempting to remove a vibrator from the rail car. A coworker was with him, and as he was pushing the lever to turn off the vibrator, his hand hit the lever to engage the conveyor belt. The employee was spun around and caught under the guard and belt, breaking his left leg.
2016-08-07	Warren	Ohio	Road and Rail Services	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee opened one of the two doors on the rail cars. The door swung around and made contact with the plate and the employee's finger resulting in a distal amputation.
2016-07-21	Brighton	Colorado	BNSF Logistics	Head and trunk	Other fall to lower level
An employee was transferring a rubber pad from the railroad flatcar deck to a table to be cut when he lost his balance and fell from the rail car. The employee received facial lacerations requiring stiches, a fractured nose and a fractured vertebrae.
2016-05-07	Custer City	Oklahoma	Custer City Farmers Coop Exchange	Upper and lower limb(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was walking on a rail car and fell off, breaking a knee cap and an elbow.
2016-04-20	Dutton	Montana	Mountain View Co-op	Foot (feet)	Pedestrian struck by rail vehicle-transportation incident
After unloading a rail car of feed pellets, an employee was helping to move the rail car. He went to slow the rail car with the turn brake and his left foot was run over by the rail car. His fractured foot required surgery.
2016-02-27	Wysox	Pennsylvania	Shale Rail	Hand(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee loading freight from a truck to a railcar got his hand crushed when the rail car sliding door closed and pinched his hand between the door and the door jamb. The employee sustained crushing injuries and lacerations to the right hand.
2016-02-04	Kenosha	Wisconsin	Ardent Mills, LLC	Nonclassifiable	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was working on a rail car opener when the employee's safety vest became entangled on the rotating shaft pulling the employee in and breaking bones. The employee also lost consciousness.
2016-01-29	Headland	Alabama	Golden Peanut and Tree Nut, LLC	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was prepping a rail car for a load of peanuts when he fell approximately 10 ft. and landed outside of the rail car breaking both of his legs.
2016-01-22	Odessa	Texas	G & RG Trucking, Inc.	Foot (feet)	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was uncoupling rail cars when the wheel of a railcar ran over their left foot.
2016-01-20	Rochelle	Illinois	Boise Cascade Building Materials Distribution, L.L.C.	Lower leg(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was hospitalized after sustaining multiple fractures to the lower right leg while engaged in the un-cabling of a rail car. The employee slipped and fell while attempting to reduce the tension on the center beam ratchet.
2016-01-18	Cartersville	Georgia	TRINITY RAIL	Foot(feet) and leg(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was moving a rail car out of the paint booth. The bolts sheered off the winch base and it came loose striking the employee in the lower extremities resulting in a fractured right leg and left foot.
2016-01-07	Dequincy	Louisiana	Georgia Pacific	Leg(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was loading the kiln. A hook fell off of the rail car that enters the kiln. The employee attempted to reconnect the hook and caught his ankle in the rail car path resulting in a broken leg.
2015-11-25	Cleburne	Texas	GBW Rail Car Services	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
The employee was using a step jack to position a patch under a rail car when the jack slipped and amputated the tip of his left middle finger.
2015-11-24	Colquitt	Georgia	Ambassador Personnel, Inc.	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee was responsible for loading rail cars with peanuts. The employee climbed to the top of the rail car to position the shoot for the loading process. The employee was wearing a retractable harness at the time of the incident. The train began moving forward at a slow rate of speed, causing the retractable lanyard to become fully extended. The employee was pulled from the top of the rail car and impacted the ground resulting in serious injury (bleeding on the brain and a shoulder injury)
2015-11-22	Wentzville	Missouri	Jack Cooper Transport Company, Incorporated	Head and trunk	Other fall to lower level
An employee was climbing down the rail car ladder and fell sustaining head and back trauma.
2015-11-19	Baytown	Texas	Exel Inc.	Foot (feet)	Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
An employee was operating a rail king (equipment that moves rail cars) to couple two rail cars. The rail cars would not couple, so the employee bumped the rail cars and the front rail car started moving. The employee got off the rail king and attempted to get onto the moving rail car to set the brake. The employee slipped as he was getting onto the rail car and a wheel ran over his left foot amputating at least two toes. The employee was transported to the hospital where he underwent surgery
2015-11-16	Montgomery	Alabama	Marion Environmental, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
The employee was positioning the shoot on the hopper rail car when the shoot broke and the employee fell onto the hopper rail car fracturing three ribs on the left side.
2015-10-29	Carlisle	Pennsylvania	Allen Distribution	Multiple body parts	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was unloading 5 pound bags of flour from a rail car when the load shifted and fell onto the employee breaking the employee's nose, spine, ribs and ankle.
2015-09-11	Wahpeton	North Dakota	Mindak Farmer's Cooperative	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
An employee was hospitalized after suffering a crushing injury when a rolling rail car ran over his toes.
2015-08-26	Milton	Wisconsin	United Ethanol	Foot (feet)	Pedestrian struck by rail vehicle-transportation incident
An employee suffered the amputation of his right foot when it was caught under a rail car.
2015-08-04	Pasadena	Texas	Rentech Nitrogen	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee opened a rail car that contained sulfur and was possibly exposed to sulfuric acid vapors. The employee either jumped off the rail car or fell off the rail car. The employee was not wearing fall protection or a respirator. The employee was taken to the hospital.
2015-06-12	Cheektowaga	New York	Intermodal Services of America LLC	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
A "Yard Horse" vehicle with a shipping container on board was moving in the yard and accidentally bumped into a rail car. An employee was standing on that railroad car, locking down containers. The "bump" caused the employee to fall off the railroad car, and he was caught in a pinch point between the railroad car and the shipping container on board the "Yard Horse." He suffered a crushing laceration to the back of his right leg.
2015-06-10	Texarkana	Arkansas	COOPER TIRE AND RUBBER COMPANY	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee removed a rubber boot from a rail car and used his hand to push carbon back into the auger below the rail car. The tip of the employee's left index finger was caught in the auger.
2015-05-01	Mount Vernon	Texas	Mountain View Hauling LLC	Pelvis	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was preparing to move from a ladder to the catwalk surface of a rail car when the rail car moved. The employee lost his balance and fell approximately 15 feet injuring his pelvis.
2015-04-26	Proctor	West Virgini	Certainteed Gypsum, Inc.	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
An employee fell approximately 15-18 feet off of a rail car during the loading process. Fall protection was worn, but was disconnected at the time of the accident. The employee fractured three vertebrae in his back and suffered a head laceration that required staples.
2015-04-15	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	Oklahoma Construction Material	Cheek(s)	Nonclassifiable
An employee was unloading a rail car alone and was found on the ground with a laceration under the left eye. The employee did not remember what happened and there were no witnesses. A 50-pound tool was found near the injured employee.
2015-04-02	Marmaduke	Arkansas	AMERICAN RAILCAR INDUSTRIES	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was using an overhead crane to set a jacket on a rail car. The employee's right hand was caught between the jacket and underframe, crushing his right-hand ring finger. He was hospitalized overnight and required surgical amputation of the finger.
2015-03-07	Dalton	Georgia	Harcros Chemicals, Inc.	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee tripped over a hose connected to a rail car, fell, and landed on his right hip.
2015-02-23	Quakertown	Pennsylvania	SHELLY ENTERPRISES INC.	Brain	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee lost his balance while unloading lumber from a rail car and slipped and fell. The individual was found unconscious and taken to the hospital.
2015-02-13	Cherokee	Alabama	FreightCar America, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Entangled in other object or equipment
Employees were using an overhead crane to lift a rail car. While rigging the chains to the rail car, the hook caught a grab iron, amputating three fingers on the employee's left hand.
2015-02-11	Hazelwood	Missouri	TRUEBLUE COMPANY	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
Employee cleaning rail cars attempted to close the rail car door. He amputated right-hand digits (ring and pinky fingers) in the process.
2015-02-06	Mont Belvieu	Texas	Jacobs Engineering	Ankle(s)	Fall, slip, trip
Employee dislocated his right ankle while stepping off of a rail car. Employee was sent to the hospital where they admitted him because his ankle kept popping out of place after they set it. They had to perform surgery on the ankle.
2015-01-04	Yazoo City	Mississippi	CF Industries Nitrogen, LLC	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was exposed to an amputation hazard while coupling rail cars. He used his foot to align the couplers. His foot slipped and got caught between the two couplers. His toe was smashed when the cars connected.