At 9:48 a.m., e.s.t., December 1, 1974, a man was killed as a Long Island Rail Road commuter train departed Huntington Station, N.Y. The victim had attempted to exit the standing train, but he was initially trapped between two sliding doors as they closed on him. This kept the doors open far enough for the door power-interlock to prevent the engineer from starting the train. When the man succeeded in moving the upper part of his body to the outside, the doors closed and locked on his right ankle, enabling the train to start. Since none of the crewmembers had observed the victim's entrapment, the conductor gave the 'all clear' signal, and the engineer started the train. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the design of the sliding doors which permitted the train to be moved without a positive means for detecting the presence of a person caught between the doors.


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    Titel :

    Railroad Accident Report. Long Island Rail Road Company Door Accident Huntington Station, New York, December 1, 1974


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1975


    Format / Umfang :

    26 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




    Railroad Accident Report

    National Transportation Safety Board, Bureau of Accident Investigation | TIBKAT | 1983



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