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.
Railroad Accident Report. Long Island Rail Road Company Door Accident Huntington Station, New York, December 1, 1974
1975
26 pages
Report
No indication
English
Transportation Safety , Rapid transit railways , Doors , Accident investigations , Accidents , Railroad cars , Passenger movement , Casualties , Transit stations , Platforms , Inspection , Safety engineering , Transportation problems , Design standards , New York , Railroad accidents , Commuter rail systems , M-1 railcars , Huntington station , Huntington(New York)
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