On October 28, 2022, about 12:03 a.m. local time, a PSC Group conductor was struck and killed by train 3832 as the train was reversing at an ExxonMobil lubricant plant in Beaumont, Texas. The conductor was protecting the movement from the ground near where the train cars were to be spotted, or placed, at the end of track 7 for product loading.
We determined that the probable cause of the October 28, 2022, PSC Group conductor fatality was (1) the conductor, for unknown reasons, entering the red zone where there is an increased risk of being struck by equipment and (2) the engineer not following PCS Group operating procedures to stop the train after hearing no additional instructions from the conductor.
