CN Worker Dies in Rail Incident in North East B.C.
Thursday, November 29, 2012 @ 2:50 PM
Fort. Nelson, B.C.- A CN rail employee has died on the job in the north east corner of the province.
According to Transport Canada, the fatal incident took place last night at “Gutah”, a siding about 150kms north of Ft. St. John on CN’s Ft. Nelson subdivision.
Transport Canada inspectors have been sent to the scene to investigate under the Canada’s Labour Code Part II which focuses on the Health and Safety regulations for employers and employees who are federally regulated.
Sources tell 250News the man died after the tank car he was riding on, derailed and rolled over on top of him. The name of the deceased has not been released.
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The issue of safety lines and belts being used during switching operations has been a long running debate.
Using a safety belt/line while switching cars would keep the crewman attached to the end of the car in the event of a slip or fall and could prevent the crewman from being crushed in the event of a derailment by keeping the crewman at the end of the car and close to the car’s center line.
The old school of thought is that in the event of a derailment the crewman could jump clear because they are not restrained by a safety belt/line.
I hope the powers that be can look into a trial period of testing the safety belt/line concept, during these rail yard operations.
My sincere condolences to the workers family at there loss.
I would not want to be strapped to a freight car if I were a conductor. Not to mention the constant on and off some do during the day.
Really? Have you worked as a conductor? The last thing I would want is to be strapped to the cars.
My condolences to his coworkers, and mostly to this man’s family at this time of year.
Any time of year
I’ve been a Conductor for over 25 years and the idea if strapping oneself to a car is one of the dumb
est things I’ve ever heard of.
That is a tough thing being so remote from help… I wonder if it was a contributing factor. Probably traumatic for all involved….
I dont believe CN “straps” any one or any thing to moving freight. May this man rest in peace.
Oh god, crossing fingers that it isn’t someone we know. May this person RIP.
This is a terrible thing to happen to such a young man a new hire had his whole career to look forward to. The railroad is in desperate need of training. This accident should never of happened
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