Worker killed in accident at Bush Brothers
By Steve Marion – Staff Writer
April 24, 2018
Chestnut Hill, TN
A temporary worker was killed in an accident yesterday morning at the Bush Brothers cannery in Chestnut Hill, Sheriff Bud McCoig reported.
Shannon Smith, 40, of 211 Sullivan Point, Dandridge, died in the accident involving a lift used to hoist heavy pallets of canned goods, the sheriff said his deputies’ reports indicate.
Smith had been working at the plant (3304 Chestnut Hill Road) for about six months through a temporary agency, he said.
Deputies and paramedics with the Jefferson County Emergency Medical Service responded at 4:30 a.m. The victim apparently died instantly in the accident. Medical Examiner Dr. Mark Holland ordered an autopsy.
According to deputies’ reports, Smith was cleaning in the area of the machine when she accidentally set off a sensor that caused it to lift, wedging her between the machine and a metal post.
Detective Sgt. Pam Taylor was assigned to investigate further.
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Worker dies at Bush Brothers plant
By Ray Snader, Tribune Correspondent
Apr 24, 2018 Updated 15 hrs ago
A woman was killed in an in apparent workplace accident at the Bush Brothers’ plant in Chestnut Hill on Monday, according to Jefferson County Sheriff G.W. “Bud” McCoig.
The sheriff said the victim, Shannon Smith, 47, was caught in a piece of equipment at 4:30 a.m. and died at the scene.
“It is with great sadness that we confirm that an individual died in an accident at the Chestnut Hill plant this morning. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family of this worker during this time of grieving,” Bill Seale, vice president at Bush Brothers said in a Monday statement.
The plant is closed today and counselors will be available when employees return to work.
Several weeks ago, another employee was injured at the plant in a work-related accident and was flown to the UT Medical Center in Knoxville. At the time company officials did not return phone calls seeking comment on the incident. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department and the Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration are investigating the Monday death.
Rail construction worker hit, killed by train near Bowie State MARC station
by BRAD BELL, KENDRA MANN, WJLA
Tuesday, April 24th 2018
Officials: Person struck, killed by train near Bowie State MARC station. (SkyTrak 7)
BOWIE, Md. (WJLA) - A rail construction worker was hit and killed by a train near the Bowie State University MARC station Tuesday morning, sources told ABC7's Brad Bell.
Penn Line MARC and Amtrak services were temporarily suspended in the area.
A spokesperson for Amtrak says it was Amtrak Northeast Regional train 86 that hit the worker as it was traveling from Richmond to Boston. A reported 251 passengers, in addition to crew members, on the train were not injured during the incident
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An Amtrak engineering worker was struck and killed by an Amtrak train about a half-mile north of the Bowie State University MARC station Tuesday morning.
The accident happened near the west end of the university campus.
Crews from Prince George’s County Fire/EMS responded to the call at about 9 a.m., according to Mark Brady, a department spokesman.
The train was taking passengers along Amtrak’s 86 route, part of its Northeast Corridor service. It operates Monday through Friday between Richmond, Virginia, and South Station in Boston.
Trains on the route stop at the New Carrollton station and again at the BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport station, but not at Bowie State.
NTSB is on site, investigating where an Amtrak train struck an Amtrak construction worker on the tracks near Bowie State MARC station this morning. Rail service has resumed after some delays.
The Bowie State station is, however, part of the MARC commuter rail route, known as the Penn Line that runs between Washington, D.C.’s Union Station and Perryville in the northeast corner of Maryland.
At the time of the incident, there were 251 passengers were on board the train. Those passengers were transferred to train 182 after a delay of about 90 minutes, Amtrak officials said.
There were no reported injuries to passengers or crew members. The tracks were re-opened at about 3 p.m., with some train passengers experiencing residual delays, acccording to Amtrak officials.
The National Transportation Safety Board confirmed the victim was an Amtrak employee and sent a pair of investigators to survey the scene.
”We are deeply saddened by the death of an Amtrak engineering employee this morning in Bowie, Maryland. We are working closely with the FRA (Federal Railroad Administration) and NTSB to thoroughly investigate the details of this incident,” Amtrak spokeswoman Beth K. Toll said in a statement.
“We request you please respect the privacy of the family and co-workers during this difficult time.”
Pedestrian fatalities on the rail line between Washington and Baltimore occur infrequently.
Two CSX workers were killed in June by an Amtrak passenger train near Union Station after they got off their own train to check a problem. The conductor and trainee were hit by Amtrak train No. 175, which had 121 passengers on board.
A 51-year-old Colorado man trespassing on the tracks was killed in April 2017 when he was struck by an Acela Express train in Odenton. That train runs between Washington, D.C., and Boston. There were 170 people on board the train and no injuries were reported among them.
In June 2016, a 25-year-old Laurel man was hit and killed by a CSX train in the 100 block of Lafayette Avenue at Bowie Road in Laurel. It was unclear why he was on the tracks.
A Bowie teenager was killed in May 2013 when she was struck by a CSX train near Lafayette Avenue and Queensbury Road in Riverdale. The 17-year-old was walking down the center of the northbound tracks. The engineer told police he sounded his horn several times to warn her, but she had headphones on and never heard the train approaching from behind her.
In August 2012, two 19-year-old women near the tracks in Ellicott City were killed when a CSX train carrying coal through derailed.
In 2010, a 41-year-old man from Odenton was killed when he was hit by a southbound Amtrak train near Old Railroad Avenue in Hanover.
