Railroad Rolling Stock Manufacturing
Industry Summary
The industry is exploding right now, seeing employment gains of over %. In just the 12 months between 2014 and 2015, a total of 2,931 new hires were taken in by the 344 establishments doing business in this industry. Over the past 5 years this industry has recorded an accident rate of over 2 times (149% more) the average for the Transportation Equipment Manufacturing Industry.
OSHA investigators arrived in Granite City, IL on Thursday, December 13th 2018 and began an accident investigation which had occured previously at Amsted Rail Company, Inc.. A 54 year old Laborer had been killed when the
OSHA ID111800.015
Accident Date2018-12-13
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt 2:00 p.m. on December 13, 2018, an employee was working with a coworker and they were attempting to pull five stacked casting skids along a holding rail using pneumatic winches in the blast area of a foundry. The employee had attached an open hook from the north Ingersoil Rand Air Motor, Model EU, Serial Number RCA91059, and had pulled the slack out of the cable which unbalanced the stack. The falling casting skids toppled over on top of the employee, killing him.
On Wednesday, November 14th 2018 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Cherokee, AL at Freightcar Alabama, Llc. A 21 year old woman working as a Welder was killed on the job when the
OSHA ID110963.015
Accident Date2018-11-14
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt 3:15 a.m. on November 14, 2018, an employee was spotting for the steel side sheet and fell onto the roller bed. The employee's head and neck hit the roller and it appears that the roller grabbed her jacket. She sustained internal head trauma and later died at a local hospital.
The accident investigation below was opened on Monday, October 30th 2017 by OSHA representitives in Brandon, SD after learning of an incident at Midwest Railcar Repair, Inc. which had occured on Friday, October 27th 2017. A 25 year old man working as a Rail-Track Laying & Maintenance Equipment Operator) was injured on the job when the employee fell off of railroad car ladder and suffered injuri
OSHA ID100313.015
Accident Date2017-10-27
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 8:45 a.m. on October 27, 2017, an employee was installing running boards on the top of a railcar and disconnected his fall protection to climb down the train car to turn on the air source. The employee pulled on one of the running boards on top of the car and fell off the ladder while climbing back up. The employee suffered head and facial injuries and was hospitalized.
OSHA Inspection Activity
Accident Rate
5 Year Average
16.25
Last 12 Months
0
Reporting Statistics
Inspection Records: 328
222.2%
Violation Records:
Accident Records: 40