OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1005347
NYC TRANSIT AUTHROITY
B'KLYN, NY·
Event description
Employee killed when struck by subway train
Investigation abstract
At approximately 2:20 a.m. on September 15, 1987, Employee #1, a flagging conduc is injuries. tor for the New York City Transit Authority, was working the #2 local track for the BMT R line in Brooklyn, NY. The operator of a northbound R train said he was moving at 10 mph. After seeing the yellow caution lamps on the tracks at the BM T 59th Street Station, he blew the train whistle twice before leaving the statio n. The operator said that Employee #1 was 2 to 3 feet from the train when he fir st saw him and that he immediately engaged the emergency brake. Employee #1 step ped onto the #4 express track and was struck and killed. The train operator foun d Employee #1 lying motionless on the track facing upward. Employee #1 died of h
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 38
- Occupation code
- 825
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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