NTSB editions of preliminary report on the death of the train in Alabama Steel Plant

Washington-a Fairfield Southern Co.

During the change work in the US steel flintridge Yard in Fairfield, Ala., Around 9:53 p.m., the employee, a footboard, drove a footboard, in a thrust from route 1 on route 4. While this train, the lead car passed a section of the route with narrow evacuation of rail cars on the adjacent route 3. on, and the operator put the train in an emergency braking. The injured employee requested that medical aid and emergency services to be lined up, but the footboard master died when he was transported to a nearby hospital.

NTSB reports do not identify those involved, but a news report means [see “NTSB to investigate rail death …,” Trains News Wire, June 17, 2025].

Fairfield Southern, which operates about 15 km of tracks in the Fairfield plant, is one of seven Transtar Railroads who serve US steel devices. In the ongoing investigation, the operating rules of Transtar and the training for employees are switched on. Device trips; Identification of tight clarifications on industrial plants Railroads; And the effectiveness of the external monitoring of non -regulated railways in industrial plants.

Fairfield Southern, Transtar and the United Steelworkers are parties of the investigation.