Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201921210 - Employee killed when run over by locomotive train

Accident Summary Nr: 201921210 -- Report ID: 0626700 -- Event Date: 10/16/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301403507	10/19/1998	2911	0	Motiva Enterprises

Abstract: 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

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

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