Indiana Rail Road Co. spokesman Chris Rund says Myers was part of a two-man crew working on the property of Tangent Rail Products, which makes railroad ties.
Rund says company officials are trying to determine why the tanker car derailed as it was being pushed slowly down a railroad spur.
Rund says he believes Myers' death is the company's first employee fatality. Indiana Rail Road operates a 500 miles of track in Indiana and Illinois.