Fatality Narrative: Mechanic Killed When Tunneling Locomotive Crashes

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• Corporate Authors:
  Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
• Description:
  On February 7, 2007, a mechanic died in a tunneling locomotive crash. The 49-year-old victim had worked with his employer, a heavy and civil engineering construction firm, for almost a month. The victim was working on a project to construct a tunnel for a light rail transit system. He had never driven a locomotive prior to this job and had received limited on the job training. At about 4 a.m. on the day of the incident the victim was working inside the tunnel, when he discovered that he needed to get some parts to complete the job he was working on. He hitched a ride on a 30-ton tunneling locomotive pulling four rail cars containing construction materials that was going out of the tunnel to a staging area There was no seating for a passenger, so the victim stood beside the operator. The locomotive began to move down an incline and gathered speed on the wet, muddy track. The operator made several attempts to slow it down but the locomotive was going about 50 mph when it came out of the tunnel and crashed into a parked locomotive at the end of the track. The passenger was thrown or jumped from the cab and was fatally injured when he struck a beam. The locomotive operator remained in the cab and received minor injuries. Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Accident Prevention
  • Accidents
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Construction Industry
  • Construction Materials
  • Education
  • Engineering
  • Mortality
  • Occupational Health
  • Railroads
  More +
• Keywords:
  • Workers
  • Work environment
  • Work zone
  • Construction
  • Construction equipment
  • Construction industry
  • Construction materials
  • Construction workers
  • Engineering
  • Tunneling
  More +
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 10 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20051714
• Citation:
  Olympia, WA: Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, 71-67-2008, 2008 Jan; :1
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2008
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Fatality narrative: mechanic killed when tunneling locomotive crashes
• End Date:
  20260630
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228806/cdc_228806_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 52.50 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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