OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221739238

IOWA AMERICAN WATER

DAVENPORT, IA— 2025-01-29T00:00:00

Event: Ankle, Arm, Back, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Chest, Communication, Engineer, Foot, Head, Leg, Noise, Railroad, Railroad Car, Railroad Track, Struck By, Tracks, Train, Water
NAICS: 221310
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #348016189
Employer profile: IOWA AMERICAN WATER
Summary number: 221739238
Report ID: 0751910

Event description

Employee dies from multiple injuries when struck by train

Investigation abstract

At 11:00 a.m. on January 29, 2025, Employee#1 who worked as an operating engineer for a water supply business and were having a conversation in a facility yard near railroad tracks. Employee #1 was standing and a coworker had pulled up in a gator on the roadway which passes through the water plant. When they finished their conversation, Employee #1 turned and walked in the direction of a train. The coworker heard the train and the horn and yelled at Employee #1 to warn him but he did not respond. Employee #1 was struck by the train and died from multiple injuries.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 31 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
844

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