T worker suffers minor injuries after being grazed by train

By Globe Staff

An MBTA worker was injured this morning when he was grazed by a slow-moving subway train on the tracks just south of Ashmont Station, the authority said.

The 48-year-old train attendant, who has worked for the authority 24 years, was taken to Boston Medical Center for treatment of facial injuries and a broken collarbone, MBTA spokesman Joe Pesaturo said in a statement.

The man, a Burlington resident, was crossing the tracks in an “employees-only” area at about 9:24 a.m. when the accident occurred. The man was walking toward his assigned train when he apparently stumbled and fell into the side of another train that was passing by at low speed, Pesaturo said.

After the incident, the worker walked to a nearby construction trailer to get help. The accident is under investigation, Pesaturo said.

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