August 6, 2002
WY · Metal/Non-Metal
motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Tata Chemicals (Soda Ash) Partners
· Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
RAILCAR WAS POSITIONED IN THE EAST END OF NO. 12 TRACK CREATING A CLOSE CLEARANCE. THERE WAS NOT SUFFICIENT CLEARANCE TO ALLOW AN EE RIDING ON THE SIDE OF RAILCAR TO PASS BY ANOTHER RAILCAR. T HE RAILCAR WAS BEING SHOVED THROUGH THE CROSSOVER TRACK LEADING TO THE COLD ASH SPOT.