DENVER — The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said it's investigating the serious injury of a worker at a Globeville BNSF railyard early Tuesday morning.
NTSB is investigating an event at the BNSF Globeville Yard in Denver, Colorado that resulted in a serious injury to an employee.
— NTSB Newsroom (@NTSB_Newsroom) August 5, 2025
BNSF Railway said an employee was injured while performing work in the Denver railyard off Park Avenue West. The company is not releasing the employee's name for privacy reasons.
The Denver Fire Department said one of the train cars derailed inside the railyard around 12:13 a.m. Tuesday, trapping the worker. The Denver Fire Department said first responders worked to free him and get him to a hospital for severe injuries to his right leg.
Carl Smith with the Sheet Metal Air Rail and Transportation (SMART) Workers Union confirmed to Denver7 that the worker was rushed to surgery and had to have his right leg amputated.
Smith said this is the fourth significant incident involving BNSF in Colorado in four years. There was a fatal crash in Denver in February 2022, a bridge collapse in Pueblo in October 2023 and a head-on collision in Boulder in August 2024.
Prior coverage:
- No injuries reported after train and truck collide in Boulder early Saturday
- Train derails in Boulder Thursday night after hitting equipment, BNSF confirms
- Rail in Gilpin County expected to reopen Monday following 78-car BNSF train derailment Sunday
- An invisible industry? Rail workers feel forgotten despite national spotlight
- Denver rail yard worker killed in accident
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