Railroad Accident Brief: Union Pacific Railroad Employee Fatality, Mathis, Texas, September 4, 2013

On September 4, 2013, about 4:15 p.m., in Mathis, Texas, a Union Pacific Railroad (UP) welder was killed and another UP welder was seriously injured when an S-60 Trax aerial lift vehicle overturned. At the time of the accident, the temperature was 102° F, and the weather was clear. The accident occurred on the UP San Antonio Service Unit of the Corpus Christi Subdivision main line at milepost 106. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the accident was the welders' attempt to free the snagged aerial lift bucket from within the bucket, in lieu of evacuating the bucket and using the ground controls.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/RAB1404.pdf
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• Summary URL:
  • http://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Pages/RAB1404.aspx
• Corporate Authors:

  National Transportation Safety Board

  490 L'Enfant Plaza, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20594
• Publication Date: 2014-6-27

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: 4p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash analysis; Crash investigation; Fatalities; Industrial accidents; Lifting equipment; Occupational safety
• Geographic Terms: Mathis (Texas)
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Safety and Human Factors; I80: Accident Studies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01530938
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: NTSB/RAB-14/04, Accident No.: DCA13FR012
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 24 2014 3:15PM