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#1 CNJRoss

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Posted 02 October 2015 - 08:57 AM

Progressive Railroading, September 2015:
 

 

Short Line Safety Institute to spread the safety culture gospel among small railroads

 

When it comes to safety, regional and short line managers aim to ensure employees comply with all federal regulations and their respective railroad’s operating rules to help prevent accidents and injuries.

 

But compliance typically is measured against a safety standard that can’t be changed, so a worker’s behavior must change to comply with a rule or regulation. And since workers sometimes make incorrect decisions or take unnecessary risks, compliance doesn’t always result in the safest of behaviors, American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA) officials believe.

 

Instead, conformance — which is measured against a chosen standard, perhaps influenced by a necessity or best practice — is a better approach, they say. A conformance standard can be changed to prompt or align with optimal behaviors that can help reduce the risk of accidents and injuries.

 

The ASLRRA is trying to promote the merits of a conformance-driven approach through a Short Line Safety Institute that’s in the early development stages. The institute’s primary mission: to enhance regionals’ and short lines’ safety processes and conformance through voluntary, non-punitive partnerships that help facilitate the best-possible safety culture.

 

 

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Posted 21 September 2016 - 12:46 PM

Progressive Railroading, 9/21:

 

Short Line Safety Institute awarded $1.9 million grant for safety efforts

 

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has awarded a $1.9 million grant to the Short Line Safety Institute (SLSI) for its efforts to improve rail safety, U.S. Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Jack Reed (D-R.I.) announced earlier this month.

The funding was provided through the federal Fiscal Year 2016 Omnibus Appropriations Act to help short lines assess and improve their safety and operations programs, according to the senators' press release.

 

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Posted 22 October 2016 - 08:35 AM

Tourist Railroads & Railway Museums. 10/22:

The new Short Line Safety Institute

 

The Short Line Safety Institute is a new non-profit dedicated to improving the culture of safety on short lines and regional railroads. It grew out of a pilot program jointly undertaken by the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA), the FRA and academics. The goal was to create an objective process to assess the safety culture at individual railroads.  

 

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Although their scope is currently limited to oil and hazmat haulers, Hynes says the assessments would work at any railroad, including passenger haulers and tourist railroads.

 

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