Abstract: At approximately 6:00 p.m. on March 9, 2001, Employee #1, a contract worker at a refinery, had completed his shift and was on his way to the contractors' parking lot. He was walking west across three sets of north-south railroad tracks that had a combined width of 63 ft 8 in. A coworker later stated that Employee #1 walked around a set of lowered railroad cross arms, progressed approximately 15 ft into the intersection, and was crossing the east set of rails when he was struck by a southbound, single-car locomotive. He sustained internal injuries and was transported to the hospital, where he later died. There were vehicle and pedestrian crossings at intervals throughout the refinery.