Inspection Detail

Inspection: 301403507 - Motiva Enterprises

Inspection Information - Office: Houston South Area Office

Inspection Nr: 301403507

Report ID: 0626700

Date Opened: 10/19/1998

Site Address:
Motiva Enterprises
2100 Houston Avenue
Port Arthur, TX 77640

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: Union

SIC:2911

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: Y

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 10/19/1998

Planning Guide: Safety-Manufacturing

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 03/10/2000

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360974612

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations
Initial Penalty	$7,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$7,000
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
FTA Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Violation Items
#	Citation ID	Citation Type	Standard Cited	Issuance Date	Abatement Due Date	Current Penalty	Initial Penalty	FTA Penalty	Contest	Latest Event	Note
1.	01001	Serious	5A0001	02/02/1999	02/08/1999	$0	$7,000	$0	03/22/1999	J - ALJ Decision	Citation has been deleted.

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 201921210

Event: 10/16/1998

Employee killed when run over by locomotive train

At approximately 8:22 a.m. on October 16, 1998, Employee #1 was spotting and connecting rail cars. Employee #1 was in radio communication with the engineer of the locomotive being connected to another railcar and asked him to stop the train. Employee #1 then made the connection to the other rail car and radioed for the engineer to "come forward." At that time, Employee #1 was run over and killed by the locomotive. He was found by the engineer when he reached the area of track where Employee #1 was at the time of the last radio transmission.

Keywords: CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, RUN OVER, TRAIN

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	301403507			Fatality	Amputation	Railroad conductors and yardmasters

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