Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170122477 - Employee killed when truck struck by train

Accident Summary Nr: 170122477 -- Report ID: 0454734 -- Event Date: 07/28/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
127323467	08/15/1997	9311	0	Greene County-Solid Waste

Abstract: Employee #1 was driving a truck east on Old Stage Road in Greenville, TN. He pulled his truck onto a railroad crossing and into the path of a Norfolk Southern train that was traveling at 32 mph. The train knocked his truck off the road into an embankment. Employee #1 was ejected through the driver's door, into the side of the moving train, and then thrown into a ditch a short distance along the tracks. He suffered critical head injuries and died in the hospital two weeks later, never having regained full consciousness.

Keywords: EJECTED, HEAD, WORK RULES, STRUCK AGAINST, COLLISION, TRUCK, STRUCK BY, TRAIN, RAILROAD, TRUCK DRIVER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	127323467			Fatality	Concussion	Garbage collectors

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