National Transportation Safety Board Railroad Accident Report: Collision of Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Train 322 and Track Maintenance Equipment Near Woburn, Massachusetts on January 9, 2007
National Transportation Safety Board Railroad Accident Report: Collision of Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Train 322 and Track Maintenance Equipment Near Woburn, Massachusetts on January 9, 2007
On Tuesday, January 9, 2007, at 1:38 p.m., southbound Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority passenger train 322 operated by Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad struck a track maintenance vehicle that was on the track near Woburn, Massachusetts. The track maintenance vehicle was thrown forward about 210 feet; the train did not derail. Of the six maintenance-of-way employees working on or near the track maintenance vehicle, two were killed, and two were seriously injured. Emergency responders treated and released 10 passengers at the accident scene. As a result of its investigation of the accident, the National Transportation Safety Board identified the following safety issues: train dispatcher procedures for blocking track segments to protect maintenance-of-way work crews working on the track; maintenance-of-way work crews shunting signaled track to protect themselves while working on the track; and alcohol and drug use by maintenance-of-way employees in the railroad industry. As a result of its investigation of this accident, the National Transportation Safety Board makes recommendations to the Federal Railroad Administration and the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Division.
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National Transportation Safety Board Railroad Accident Report: Collision of Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Train 322 and Track Maintenance Equipment Near Woburn, Massachusetts on January 9, 2007
2008
36 pages
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English
Transportation Safety , Railroad Transportation , Railroad accidents , Accident investigations , Vehicle train collisions , Injuries , Damage , Personnel information , Signal system , Recommendations , Toxicological testing , Rail transportation , Collisions , Track maintenance vehicles , Woburn (Massachusetts)