KARE-TV, Channel 11 in Minneapolis, MN, 5/25/15:
BNSF employee killed in rail yard accident
An employee of the BNSF Railroad is dead following a rail yard incident in Minneapolis Monday.
Posted 27 October 2016 - 09:42 PM
NTSB Railroad Accident Brief,10/27/16:
BNSF Railway Employee Fatality Minneapolis Minnessota
The Investigation
On May 23 and 24, 2015, the crew performed assigned engineering and construction tasks, but rain prevented them from completing their assigned tasks. Because of this, the same crew met at their lodging on May 25, and the foreman conducted a job briefing before they left for the work site. The employees said the job briefing included a discussion of the work at the switch panel construction site and a mention of the upcoming job of unloading the track panels from flat cars that were on a side track. They decided no roadway worker protection was needed at the switch panel construction site because it was not near any active tracks. However, the foreman said they would lock the entrance to the unloading area on the side track making it inaccessible to other equipment for the crew’s protection. No protection was implemented that would have restricted train movement on the adjacent main track.
SNIPProbable Cause
The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the accident was the locomotive on an adjacent track striking track panels being unloaded and causing them to dislodge and fall on the foreman. Contributing to the accident was (1) a job briefing that did not address the risks associated with the work; (2) the continuation of unloading activities despite being alerted to an approaching train on the adjacent main track; and (3) unclear guidance on adjacent track protection.
Posted 12 November 2016 - 02:42 PM
EHS Today, 11/10:
Fatality Investigation: Track Panel Slides Off Forklift, Fatally Injuring BNSF Railway Foreman
A late-morning accident in May 2015 left a BNSF Railway employee dead after a track panel slid off a forklift, striking the engineering foreman. The investigation shows there was no safety briefing beforehand.The National Transportation Safety Board released a final report into its investigation of a Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway incident on May 25, 2015 that left one employee dead.
The incident, which happened at BNSF’s Minneapolis location, began as a forklift operator attempted to unload two track panels from a flat car. However, one panel slid off the forklift and truck two trains passing on the adjacent main track.
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