December 6, 2003 Wellesley, MA - Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad - 59 years-old Bridge and Building Mechanic (Watchman/Lookout) with 15 years of service, acting as Watchman/Lookout for the rest of the MOW gang, was fatally injured when struck by an on-coming freight train. Brother Shelby joined BLE Division 871 in Slaton, Texas, on September 1, 1989. [Information furnished by a descendant, Jeannie Wackett of Aberdeenshire, Scotland]. Prior to working at the Wisconsin & Southern, Brother Phelps was a conductor for the CN/Wisconsin Central. NTSB issued a preliminary report. September 10, 2020 New York, NY A 40-year-old Metropolitan Transit Authority cleaner was killed when he fell at a Bronx train yard at the MTA 239th Street Yard and Maintenance Shop in the Wakefield neighborhood. Trettenero had followed the footsteps of her grandfather into the railroad business and worked for Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway. Coconino County Sheriffs Office spokesman Gerry Blair confirmed that the victim was a member of a three-man crew working on the BNSF tracks when he was struck by the westbound train at about 10:45 a.m. March 16, 2014 - Montreal Quebec - Mr. Jarrod Ward, Conductor, was fatally injured in an accident at Taschereau Yard in Montreal on March 16. Garrett Island sits in the river between Cecil and Harford counties. October 8, 2015 - New Orleans, LA - A contract worker who was part of a three-member contract cleaning crew working for Dedicated Trailer Cleaning Services suffocated to death on Thursday inside a rail tanker at the Port of New Orleans. From the Economic History Association: History of Workplace Safety in the United States, 1880-1970, From the Monthly Labor Review: Railroad-related work injury fatalities, From the National Transportation Safety Board: Railroad Accident Reports, From Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA): Accident Search Results for "Railroad", From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA), From the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA): The Federal Railroad Safety Program - 100 Years of Safer Railroads, From BMWED & BRS: Fatality Analysis of Maintenance-of-Way Employees & Signalmen (FAMES), From Association of American Railroads (AAR): Employee Rail Safety Initiatives, From FRA: Background on FRA Railroad Accident/Incident Investigations, From Switching Operations Fatality Analysis (SOFA): Switching Fatality and Severe Injury Update 2012 First Quarter, From Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) : Fatalities and Injuries of On-Duty Railroad Employees, From SOFA: Severe Injuries to Train and Engine Service Employees: Data Description and Injury Characteristics July 2001, USMF: United Support & Memorial for Workplace Fatalities. 15-Truck Pileup Sparks Massive Tunnel Fire - CBS News Friday's crash is Taiwan's worst rail disaster in decades. The San Francisco Examiner, April 7, 1982, The day after the fire, the Oakland Tribune spoke with CHP investigator Gabriel Contreras as he was supervising a forklift brought in to remove the tanker. December 4, 2005 - Burlington IA - BNSF brakeman, Keith W. Myers, was killed while riding the side of a rail car when he was pinched between the car and a walkway that went over the track. The accident occurred around 11 p.m. in a 200-foot section that links Interstate 93 and the Massachusetts Turnpike to the Ted Williams Tunnel, leading to Logan International Airport. The news that Miranda Valles and Matthew Summers had been killed in a motorcycle crash spread so fast that Dawn Valles started receiving condolence texts even before police could tell her that her daughter was dead. Accident in Boston's Big Dig Kills Woman in Car "Losing Mike is very much like losing a close family friend," said Division 207 Local Chairman Eric Kriegh. Thanks. Pajan worked for Gonzalez & Sons Equipment Inc. in Medley, FL. And such laws run the risk of stifling other forms of free speech, said Martin Redish, a Northwestern University law professor. The memorial service was held this past weekend, Sunday, March 9th. 360NG - Jason Tunnel Car Accident | Obituary - Facebook The conductor, head-end brakeman, and two residents were killed in the crash. Or you can contact the National Association of Retired & Veteran Railroad Employees (NARVRE) HERE. "They want her remembered as Miranda, and she's known for the accident," Valles said. He was always very proud of his children and grandchildren and never tired of speaking about their accomplishments. Feb 27, 2014 - Dover FL - Tragically and far too soon Brother Shawn Montgomery, a member of UTU Local 1221, Tampa, Florida, was killed early morning on February 27, 2014 in an automobile accident on his way to work. It appeared that the 60 foot boom was swinging at an angle that caused the crane to lose its balance and fall over. June 6, 2018 Truxton AZ An employee of Herzog Rail Services was killed when the Herzog train he was working collided with a Burlington Northern train in a remote canyon. Emergency response agencies reported transporting 52 people to local hospitals. The lead locomotive of the coal train was engulfed in fire. Brothers Artino and Walker were both members of BLET Division 660 in Los Angeles. Auburn According to Cheryl Harlow, Hammond's girlfriend, police described a video of the accident, from a camera on the train that struck Hammond. October 5, 2005 - Laramie WY - A Union Pacific Railroad tamping machine operator died when he was struck by a westbound train. January 26, 2010 - Rockville, MD- Federal officials investigating the deaths Tuesday of two Metro employees are trying to determine why the driver of a Metro utility vehicle did not know that the men were working behind him on the tracks. According to reports, the collision caused Green to have a massive stroke from which he never recovered. Remembering the Caldecott Tunnel fire, 40 years later - SFGATE John is survived by his wife, Karen; two sons, John Patrick and Jacob; two daughters and sons-in-law, Jackie and Dan Cook and Jessica and Brandon Grimmett, all of Spokane Valley; and three grandchildren, Lucy (4), Calvin (3), and Olive (10 months). The yard, surrounding residences, and commercial facilities were damaged extensively by fire and shock waves. The employees were making track inspections near the Walnut Creek station, BART said in a statement. Its just for a few days. Darina worked at a yard at Athabasca Northern Railway, a busy transportation link shipping materials for major oilsands players. In June 2016, Flint Harrison hanged himself while in a Davis County Utah jail. New England States Legislative Director George Casey said Parker, an Amtrak employee for 31 years, was a former local chairperson. The intermodal train, enroute to New Orleans from Atlanta, was stopped near downtown New Orleans awaiting clearance into a terminal when the crime occurred. Conner, a 26-year veteran railroader and a resident of Spring Grove, Va., was hit by a northbound freight train traveling a parallel track while he was conducting an air brake test at a CSX yard north of Richmond. Pictured is Janice Ferris' destroyed Honda. August 12, 1996 - Edson, Alberta - "Head on Collision of Canadian National Freight Train and Runaway Cars near Edson, Alberta". Gerald L. Godbey was the rear brakeman on a stopped train when it was struck by a following train during unusually heavy fog. He didnt know what hit him.. June 3, 2018 Atlanta GA An electrical contractor died while he was performing work for MARTA when he struck by a northbound train. I'm a former employee. Texas man who lost wife and son in shooting shares story Brother D.E. Reagan, 34 yrs. Please enter valid email address to continue. NTSB RAR8801 can be found here. This may contain information such as company name, job title, address, and time period of service. He lived in Minot. The NTSB and FRA are investigating. to see possible family members, friends, co-workers, and associates found from multiple government records, social and public sources. Wheelers smart home is completely accessible, with automatic doors, oversized doorways, and wider hallways. Their 112 car grain train was parked on a steep downgrade with the air brakes applied when it began moving on its own. August 28, 2011 - A Union Pacific Railroad employee from Wakarusa was killed in a collision Sunday afternoon after the cross arms didnt come down at an intersection just east of Abilene. Background details that you might want to know about Jason include: ethnicity is Caucasian, whose political affiliation is currently a registered Republican; and religious views are listed as . The film was directed and shot by Edwin S. Porter, produced by Edison Mfg. August 20, 1996 - Smithfield, WV - "Head on Collision between two CSXT Freight Trains". Jason Maxwell Tunnell, 49 - Lynn Haven, FL - MyLife.com [CLICK HERE for OSHA report released on April 6, 2016.]. An investigation into the circumstances of this tragic incident are ongoing. November 12, 1980 - Amtrak foreman, Henry Cooper, killed when struck by train. Hardin was taken to Advocate South Suburban Hospital where he was pronounced dead. While the family was gathered for the funeral, Rob Summers asked his other brother to show it to him. September 15, 2018 North Platte NE The driver of a fuel truck contracted to the Union Pacific Railroad was killed in an accident in the UP Bailey Yard. The locomotive came to rest about 800 feet below the rail right-of-way. The engineer had already begun to stop the train when he saw Hubbard lying on the ground. Brother Hoover joined BLE Division 207 (Casper, Wyo.) St. Clair Richards-Stephens, 23, was a 6-month employee of MTA. He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. He left behind a wife, Diane Tremblay, a son, Frederic, and a daughter, Caroline. Brother Artino joined the BLET on July 1, 2004, and had worked for the railroad since June of 1998. February 20, 2013 - Carvel, Alberta - USW Local 2004 member Fernando Borges succumbed to his injures in the morning of February 22nd. The accident remains under investigation. Rochester, NY - 05/19/89 "Shifted Load of Lumber Striking Locomotive Cab of Amtrak Train No. July 3, 2017 - Dubuque, IA - A bridge tender for the Canadian National - James P. Wagner, aged 57- apparently fell from the Mississippi River bridge and drowned early in the morning. Initial reports are that Glasgow had mounted the lead car of 28 cars being switched conventionally when the lead car sideswiped other cars. May 1, 2011 - Veteran BLET member Christopher L. Carter, 57, drowned on his way to work on May 1, 2011, when his car was swept away by swiftly rising floodwaters in Mayflower, Ark. McNamee said the death appears to be accidental. The accident killed 23 passengers and crew, and another 95 people were injured. She was a member of USW Local 1327 member and a District 13 Women of Steel activist She was the Secretary-Treasurer of her Local, a safety leader and actively involved in Women of Steel. The last homicide in Lincoln County occurred in 2009. "And it hit the lamppost at high speeds into the driver's door where I was sitting and the lamppost came through the car. June 15, 2010 - Norfolk NE - UTU member and Nebraska Central engineer Jeff Scholl, 38, of Norfolk, Neb., died June 15 after a railroad bridge collapsed near Saras Lake in Norfolk. January 16, 2009 - Ft Sumner, NM - Locomotive engineer Lenard Lenny Eugene Noice, 59, of Albuquerque, N.M., and a member of Local 1168 in Clovis, died Jan. 16, 2009, in a BNSF train accident. Your email address will not be published. Video recorded by drivers . I believe the family would want to know . The man was part of a group of workers with Arrow Reload Systems using a loader to move three rail cars to join up with an empty rail car, said Lisa Glover, spokeswoman with Alberta Occupational Health and Safety. SEPTA said the incident had not prompted any adjustments of its safety policies. Minwella, also known as "Nikki," 41, of Coxsackie, was an Amtrak signal maintainer, wife and mother of two young daughters, according to Facebook and authorities. Anders did not detail the circumstances of Luden's death but said that MTA police are investigating the incident. Dykes, who the CHP report says was going 60 mph, didnt see the stalled Honda until it was too late. April 1, 2003 - Laguana Niguel CA - Two workers inspecting tracks for MetroLink were Struck and killed by a fast moving AMTRAK train. 563 collided with a tank truck which was stopped across the Second Street railroad-highway grade crossing at Everett, Massachusetts. Bankston was a train conductor at the Walter Coke Plant in Birmingham. old at time of death, employed with CSX Transportation Northern Lines. He first joined the Brotherhood on November 1, 2010. He was partially buried by coal and was listed in critical condition in St. Francis Hospital at Blue Island. He was working for Strictly Trailer Repair a contracted company at the CSX facility. Inspectors with Nevada OSHA conducted an inspection at the railyard following Wrights death. According to his local, he didnt want a service and he was placed in a family plot in Joliet IL. Train #89 was heading from New York to Savannah, Georgia, at about 8 a.m. when it hit the equipment that was on the track in Chester. The accident occurred on tracks about a mile north of Interstate 40 near the Meteor Crater exit. The conductor, later identified as Tony Nenasheff, was a 17 year CP employee. Hyatt Regency walkway collapse - Wikipedia We'll have more information as it becomes available. The train operator was later identified as Jeanice McMillan of Springfield, Va. May 13, 2009 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - The 53-year-old (John Pichalski, from Hillsborough, NJ) CSX railroad employee was repairing damage from an earlier accident when he was hit by a truck. Those killed were later identified Christopher Sheppard of Hayward and Larry Daniels, a contractor from Oakland. The engineer was making a back-up move when Hubbard stopped giving instructions. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving from 1986-1990. He was a member of SMART-TD Local 1386 (Parkersburg WV). October 30, 2016 -- Artesia, MS - Conductor Christopher Ross Hubbard, 36, of Cottondale, Alabama, died on the railroad tracks at about 10:30 a.m. Hubbard - who worked for the Alabama & Southern Railroad - was on the ground instructing the engineer of a freight train. "It looked like a bomb went off," said Los Angeles County firefighter Scott Clark, one of about 300 firefighters who battled the blaze throughout the night. November 1, 1976 - Amtrak bridge operator, Arthur J. Moses, killed when struck by train. He is survived by his mother, Lee Ward; father, Roy Ward; brother, Keith; and sister-in-law, Laurie. The train had a three-man crew. Brother Diaz, a 22 year Amtrak employee, had ended his shift and was leaving railroad property, walking to his car to drive home. No one was at the controls to stop the slow-moving train. Clarendon, Texas - May 28, 2002 "Member G.D. Shelby killed in fiery head-on collision". The nighttime accident occurred some 80 miles northwest of Houston. Brother Goble was a member of TWU Local 100 and leaves behind a wife and two young sons, 8-month-old Hunter and 10-year-old Noah. The train derailed and slid into the Moisie River. It was later discovered not only was Jason over the drink-drive limit but he also had ketamine in his system, despite thinking he was taking cocaine. This is the only way to responsibly address the drunk driving problem in Texas. -- July 10, 2005 -- Two BLET members killed in head-on collision BLET Division 203 (Jackson, Miss.) Talk of the County reader opinion: Hopefully, the former president will be convicted and he will not be able to run for president again, Naperville Norths Cameron DeCook saves her best for her last season with teammates willing to fight for you, Aerosmith announces farewell tour starting in September, Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information. July 1999 - Chicago IL - Metra conductor, Wilbert Hooten, was shot an killed when he was robbed on the job. February 16, 2003 East Syracuse, NY - CSX Transportation, Incorporated - 36 years-old Switchman (Secondary Remote Control Operator) with 2 years of service was fatally injured when he slipped or fell in front of an approaching freight car which ran over him. NTSB REPORT. It was difficult and inconvenient, and in the 1920s, the two counties decided it was time to bore through the hills. Brother Smith was 22 years old when he first joined the BLE on Aug. 17, 1989. The accident caused a fire ball that sent flames shooting 50 metres into the air, lighting up the night sky. June 15, 2020 Port Edward, British Columbia A Canadian National Railway conductor died while working in switching operations in the Port Edward CN rail yard located just south of Prince Rupert. Due to the torrential rains that came through the area, water levels rose so quickly that when first responders arrived, Carter vehicle was completely submerged. The van was shoved into the rear of another 18-wheeler, killing Brother Ste. Nichols Jr. of BLE Division 255 (Steubenville, Ohio) was killed the morning of January 11, 2001, near South Fork, Pa. Please click on the button below and fill out the short form to receive RWU News & Information emails. Also killed were Ferris, Dykes and two men in a beer delivery truck, Everett Kidney and Melvin Young. Two other crew members were also killed in the collision. The heat was so intense up to 2,000 degrees in some spots that everything in its path was consumed instantaneously. 1850s Funks Grove, IL About 50 Irish railroad workers were buried in two mass graves in a Funks Grove cemetery after a cholera outbreak. Reefer was 19 when he died. He was known by his co-workers as a model employee and leaves behind his wife and two childrenan eight-year-old son and a five-year-old daughter. A Facebook spokeswoman said flagged posts are individually evaluated to determine if they should be removed, judgments based not just on the images themselves. March 12, 2018 Nashville TN A CSX employee, Quintin Pasley of Clay City, KY - age 59 - was working for CSX out of Wartrace, TN. old at time of death, employed with Union Pacific RR-Central Region since April 1, 1978. "A gasoline explosion caused by a chain-reaction vehicle accident turned a tube of the Caldecott Tunnel into a fiery tomb early today, killing seven people and injuring at least two others." Adrienne Massanari, University of Illinois at Chicago assistant professor of communication, has studied the social and cultural impact of social media. Authorities have said that they have reason to believe 27-year-old Jack Tunnell was hurt when the Ford Mustang he was driving was struck by a Cadillac while . He later died. Lenny was a man of many talents who loved to fly-fish and work with a wide variety of electronics. A track inspector, Antonio Griffith, of the Bronx, was injured. Willey was operating a large crane on the main track Thursday morning when it somehow tipped over and the result is a fatality, said BNSF spokesman, Gus Melonas. Joshua M. Osborn, 27 was working as the locomotive engineer. It is believed Antonio Avalos, 46, from McMinnville died when he fell off the front of a moving train which was pushing four empty railcars around the lumber mill train yard. I sometimes wonder if construction companies have enough safety training to inform employees of how to protect themselves while on the job. Brother Carter was a member of BLET Division 858 in Pine Bluff, Ark. The guard worked with a private security firm that assists CN Police. Macdona, Texas -- June 28, 2004 -- BLET member dies as a result of chlorine gas leak following collision. The foreman was able to apparently jump away from the train, the DPS report said. He was married and lived in Carney, Mich. January 30, 2012 - Gary IN - Michael M. Shoemaker, 55, a conductor and member of UTU Local 1383, was killed Jan. 30 in a switching accident at U.S. Steels Gary Works in Gary, Ind. NTSB issued a preliminary report. "He was friendly and always smiled.". The worker was not yet identified and the NTSB was sending a team to investigate the accident. "It could be another day, it could be days, it could be weeks," he said. Part of the reason for the gathering was a group prayer led by Jasons father. He is survived by his wife of 29 years, Nita, and his children, Matthew and Amanda. Topeka, Kansas - December 11, 1997 "Engineer Hit by Passing Train After Dismounting to Inspect Locomotive Consist". [Read NTSB report] Eight people lost their lives in the Graniteville train disaster on the day of the accident: Christopher Seeling, 28, of West Columbia, South Carolina, engineer of Norfolk Southern's through train (who was found at the crash site, and later died at the hospital); Willie C. Shealey, 43, of Graniteville, employee of Avondale Mills, Inc. (who was found in the wooded area around the Woodhead Division of Avondale Mills, Inc.); John Laird, 24, of North Augusta, South Carolina, employee of Avondale Mills, Inc. (who also was found in the wooded area around the Woodhead Division of Avondale Mills, Inc.); Fred "Rusty" Rushton, III, 41, of Warrenville, South Carolina, employee of Avondale Mills, Inc. (who was found on the loading dock of the Stevens Steam Plant, belonging to Avondale Mills, Inc.); Steven Bagby, 38, of Augusta, Georgia, employee of Avondale Mills, Inc. (who was found in the Gregg Division of Avondale Mills, Inc.); Allen Frazier, 58, of Ridge Spring, South Carolina, employee of Avondale Mills, Inc. (who was also found in the Gregg Division of Avondale Mills, Inc.); Joseph L. Stone, of Quebec, Canada, an employee of JW Express Trucking Company; and.
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