S5 · 12/2021
11:20 ET ·
Nordco (Wabtec) · Norfolk Southern rail line near Reed, PA, USA
| Company | Nordco (Wabtec) |
| Category | rail supplier |
| Type | fatality |
| Date | 12/2021 |
| Time of day | 11:20 ET |
| Location | Norfolk Southern rail line near Reed, PA, USA |
| Severity | S5 (fatality or catastrophic loss) |
| Scale | 1 fatality, 1 machine |
| Confidence | high |
| Verification | Yes - adversarially checked against the cited source |
| Source | NTSB (Railroad Investigation Report RIR-23-14) |
A contract roadway worker assisting a Norfolk Southern rail-maintenance crew was struck and killed on Dec. 8, 2021 when a Nordco NXV spike-driving machine reversed direction near Reed, Pennsylvania; NTSB found the machine's horn and change-of-direction alarms were non-functional and that Nordco had allowed the spikers to leave the factory without verifying the alarm worked.