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  • PATCO Construction Accident - 10/15

  • Discussion relating to Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (Philadelphia Metro Area). Official web site can be found here: www.septa.com. Also including discussion related to the PATCO Speedline rapid transit operated by Delaware River Port Authority. Official web site can be found here: http://www.ridepatco.org/.
Discussion relating to Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (Philadelphia Metro Area). Official web site can be found here: www.septa.com. Also including discussion related to the PATCO Speedline rapid transit operated by Delaware River Port Authority. Official web site can be found here: http://www.ridepatco.org/.

Moderator: AlexC

 #1608482  by AlexC
 
https://6abc.com/workers-killed-ben-fra ... /12330304/
Two construction workers were struck and killed by a train on a bridge between Pennsylvania and New Jersey, authorities said.

The Delaware River Port Authority said the two were struck by a PATCO Speedline train at about 9:20 p.m. Friday on the Ben Franklin Bridge between Philadelphia and Camden, New Jersey.

Authority spokesperson Mike Williams said the accident occurred near the center of the bridge but on the New Jersey side. He said authority bridge police and Camden County authorities are investigating.
 #1608744  by zebrasepta
 
The tracks the workers were on was supposed to be closed according to this article.
https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews ... ntsb-says/
PHILADELPHIA — The two construction workers killed last week when struck by a PATCO train on the Ben Franklin bridge were walking on a track that was supposed to have been shut down while concrete work was in progress, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.


National Transportation Safety Board spokeswoman Jennifer Gabis said in an emailed statement to the Inquirer that the men there was a planned outage of Track 2 on the bridge, but that “preliminary information indicates that at the time of the accident, Track 2 had not been taken out of service when the contractors entered the bridge in a close cldearance area.”
 #1608754  by MACTRAXX
 
ZS: During Ben Franklin Bridge work affecting PATCO single track in both directions is
operated if a track outage is necessary…This tragic accident is going to be investigated
(NTSB possibly?) and wrongful death lawsuits may be filed…MACTRAXX
 #1608779  by R36 Combine Coach
 
MACTRAXX wrote: Fri Oct 21, 2022 6:40 am During Ben Franklin Bridge work affecting PATCO single track in both directions is operated if a
track outage is necessary.

This tragic accident is going to be investigated (NTSB possibly?) and wrongful death lawsuits
may be filed.
Very much like a fatal BART incident in 2013 when two workers (contractors) were on the track. The control desk
was either not notfified or unaware and an empty deadhead in automatic mode (no operator on board) ran both
men over. BART was fined by the California Department of Labor for an OSHA violation.