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Roadway worker killed by Nordco spike machine with non-functional alarm

S5 · 12/2021
11:20 ET · Nordco (Wabtec) · Norfolk Southern rail line near Reed, PA, USA

Record

CompanyNordco (Wabtec)
Categoryrail supplier
Typefatality
Date12/2021
Time of day11:20 ET
LocationNorfolk Southern rail line near Reed, PA, USA
SeverityS5 (fatality or catastrophic loss)
Scale1 fatality, 1 machine
Confidencehigh
VerificationYes - adversarially checked against the cited source
SourceNTSB (Railroad Investigation Report RIR-23-14)

What happened

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.

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