Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 1009026 - Two employees killed when struck by express subway train

Accident Summary Nr: 1009026 -- Report ID: 0253650 -- Event Date: 03/30/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104819826	03/31/1989	4111	0	New York City Transit Authority

Abstract: At 1:23 p.m. on March 30, 1989, Employees # 1 and #2, Transit Authority telephone maintainers, were walking northbound between the running rails when an express subway train came around a curve heading in the same direction. According to his statements to the Transit Authority and the NYC Police, the subway's motorman immediately activated the train's emergency brake and sounded the horn when he saw the workers' reflective vests and flashlights. Employees #1 and #2 were struck and killed. No definite reason was established as to why the two employees were on the tracks. A witness said that she saw two men standing on the tracks with their heads down, apparently in discussion, and that they looked up just before the train struck them.

Keywords: WORK RULES, STRUCK BY, TRAIN, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104819826			Fatality	Fracture	Telephone line installers and repairers
2	104819826			Fatality	Fracture	Telephone line installers and repairers

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