CHICAGO — An Amtrak worker has died in an industrial accident at the passenger railroad’s yard south of Chicago Union Station.
CBS-2 Chicago reports that the accident happened on Saturday. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s office said the worker, whose identity has not been released, died of multiple blunt-force injuries. No other injuries were reported; no other information was immediately available.
The Chicago Sun-Times reports that the accident occurred about 7:20 p.m. and that the 61-year-old worker, a resident of New Lenox, Ill., was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital at 8:47 p.m. The newspaper quoted Department of Labor spokesman Scott Allen as saying the Occupational Health and Safety Administration is investigating the accident.
— Updated at 7:15 a.m. on Nov. 13 with additional information.
May God’s grace and peace be with the family as they face this tragedy.
As a retired Class 1, God bless this person’s family.
I second that. I use to work in the same yard early in my career.