News & Reviews News Wire NTSB says rule violations played role in 2024 UP maintenance-of-way fatality

NTSB says rule violations played role in 2024 UP maintenance-of-way fatality

By | April 15, 2025

Worker was struck, killed by excavator in Arkansas incident

Aerial view of April 2024 worker fatality on Union Pacific in McNeil, Ark.

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