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Accident Investigation Summary Report HQ-2021-1437

On July 13, 2021, at approximately 10:35 p.m., CDT, a Norfolk Southern Railway Company (NS) conductor suffered a left arm amputation while attempting to mount moving equipment. The accident happened during a switching move in Burns Harbor Yard, on NS’s Toledo East Subdivision, in Burns Harbor,...