Union Pacific Railroad Worker Killed Another Injured in Mathis TX Accident

September 6th, 2013 |

MATHIS, TX – One Union Pacific Railroad employee was killed and another critically injured while doing maintenance on a rail bridge just north of Mathis, TX on September 4.

View from County Road 357 of a rail bridge where one Union Pacific Railroad worker was killed and another injured about 4.8 miles northwest of Mathis, TX on September 4, 2013.

The accident occurred around 4:30 p.m. on a rail bridge in Live Oak County, Texas, about 42.5 miles northwest of Corpus Christi just north of Mathis.

Map shows location of rail bridge near County Road 357 and Farm Road 888 about 4.8 miles northwest of Mathis, TX where one Union Pacific Railroad employee was killed and another injured on September 4, 2013.

The men were in a lift about 30 feet up while doing some welding on the rail bridge when the lift fell over. One man died at the scene and another was critically injured.

The incident remains under investigation at this time.

Blog post by Gordon, Elias & Seely, a FELA lawyer and Texas railroad injury lawyer who publishes train accidents and FELA legal news from across the United States.