Rules Infractions: Failures or Opportunities?

When auditing for rules compliance, do you handle exceptions as a “test failure” or a “training opportunity”? There is a difference. When you take the opportunity to train an employee in order to correct an unsafe behavior, you are more likely to engage the employee with the belief that you not only care about compliance

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Is Your Railroad Roadway Worker Protection Plan FRA Compliant?

Employees Must Be Trained By May 1, 2021. In this article I will discuss: • Some safety thoughts. • Statistical data • Key Definitions • Responsibilities and Penalties • Key dates and what are Part 243 Railroad Employee Training, Qualification, and Oversight for Safety Requirements. What are some of the risks? It is my experience

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SOFA Severe Injury Report November 2020

November 2020 is the latest month available for SIs as defined(1) by SOFA in its report, Severe Injuries to Train and Engine Service Employees: Data Description and Injury Characteristics (July 2001). See the full report Find SOFA information and reports at http://www.fra.dot.gov/SOFA [accessed August 27, 2019] 1 ‘Severe Injuries’ were defined by the SOFA Working

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SOFA Severe Injury Report June 2019

June 2019 is the latest month available for SIs as defined(1) by SOFA in its report, Severe Injuries to Train and Engine Service Employees: Data Description and Injury Characteristics (July 2001). Click here to see the full report: SOFASevereInjuriesJune2019 Find SOFA information and reports at http://www.fra.dot.gov/SOFA [accessed August 27, 2019] 1 ‘Severe Injuries’ were defined

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