![The wagon in contact with the track panel, on the morning after the accident [Photo from British Transport Police]](https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/img-cache/f891fa78ab13a40bdcc72c7dd090103d/750x500_top_1744610159_raib.jpg)
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch is probing the details of an incident that saw two track workers being struck by a rail wagon at Port Glasgow.
At around 20:55 on 15th March 2025 a wagon that was being propelled by a rail-mounted crane within an engineering possession struck two track workers near to Port Glasgow station. One track worker became trapped between the wagon and a track panel that had previously been set down on the railway by a second crane. Both cranes were being used as part of the renewal of a section of track within the possession.
The track worker who was trapped had to be freed by the emergency services and was subsequently treated in hospital.
The RAIB is looking into the actions of the staff involved in the accident and anything that may have influenced them, how crane movements were being controlled, the planning and co-ordination for the works, the competencies of the management and the risk management procedures.
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