Railroad Safety

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Railroad Safety

• FRA recorded 75 accidents and 20 injuries from
  2000-2005
• Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) regulation
  49 C.F.R. Part 214 vs. Right-of-Entry
• Personal Protection Equipment (PPE)
• Insurance, your liability insurance does not
  cover you (special risk area)
• Railroad Police
• On-Track Worker Safety
• e-RailSafe

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Safety is a Way of Life Railroad Safety NOT
an Option, a MUST
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Federal Railroad AdministrationRoadway Worker
Protection
Last revision May 2008 (2)
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Roadway Worker Fatalities
Total 90
Note Fatalities are only those directly linked
to the RWP regulation. Statistics do not include
other engineering employee fatalities such as
bridge worker, highway accidents, crane
accidents, falls from equipment, death by natural
cause, etc.
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Roadway Worker FatalitiesAverage Fatalities per
Year
Pre-Rule 1986-1996 (53 fatalities)
Post Rule 1997-present (37 fatalities)
Pre-Rule
Post-Rule
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Roadway Worker FatalitiesAge of Worker
Number of workers in each category
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Roadway Worker FatalitiesYears of Service
Number of workers in each category
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Fatalities Since 1997

• 37 RWP fatalities since implementation of
  regulation in 1997
• 17 since 2005
• Almost 50 of the 37 total
• 5 is the highest number of fatalities occurring
  in a single calendar year (2003, 2007, 2008 YTD)
• 9 RWP contractor fatalities have occurred since
  2003

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Fatalities since June 2006

• 6-22-06 at Gloucester, MA
• A people mover machine collided with a standing
  clipping machine. The operator of the clipping
  machine was pinned between the two machines and
  sustained fatal injuries.

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• 10-26-06 Cisco, UT
• A tie gang spiker stopped and the operator
  dismounted the machine to the front. A second
  machine that was following, struck the spiker and
  shoved the machine over the operator who
  sustained fatal injuries.

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• 11-09-06 Midas, CA
• A rail grinding train that was travelling lost
  control on a 2.6 downgrade and derailed. Two
  workers were killed. At the time of the
  derailment the train was going approximately 50
  mph (track speed was 25 mph).

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• 01-09-07 Woburn, MA
• A train dispatcher mistakenly removed a track out
  of service order and authorized a commuter train
  into a work area. A speedswing (rubber tired
  crane) was hit and two workers were killed.

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• 03-12-07 Piketon, OH
• A surfacing gang foreman was watching a tamper
  work on one main track while standing foul of a
  second main track. The foreman was struck and
  killed by a train on the second main track.

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Recent RWP Fatalities

• February 2008, a track gang was working on a
  crossover switch on the center track of a three
  track interlocking. A welder stepped into the
  adjacent track as a passenger train entered the
  work area. The worker was struck at 33 mph and
  was fatally injured.

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Descriptions (continued)

• March 2008, three roadway workers were struck by
  a passenger train resulting in the one fatality.
  At the time of incident the roadway workers were
  performing a walking inspection with their backs
  to the approaching train.

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Descriptions (continued)

• March 27, 2008, a tie and surfacing gang is
  working on multiple main track territory using
  exclusive track occupancy as on-track protection.
  Adjacent track had a flagging order earlier in
  the day for protection. The work crew and
  equipment concluded work, set off into a siding,
  and flagging order was cleared. The surfacing
  gang was thereafter redeployed from the siding to
  fix a surface deviation found on the main track.
  While correcting surface deviation, the surfacing
  foreman fouls adjacent track and is struck by a
  freight train resulting in a fatality.

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Descriptions (continued)

• May 2008, a passenger train operating on main
  track at La Mirada, Ca., struck and fatally
  injured a roadway worker who had been working on
  a rail crossing.  The employee was a part of a
  work group who were repairing the road crossing
  at that location. The work group had been using
  a flagging order for on-track protection. The
  train was cleared through the order and struck
  the contractor.

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Descriptions (continued)

• May 2008, a machine operator was fatally injured
  when the on-track roadway maintenance machine
  (RMM) he was operating was struck by another RMM.
   The machine operator was working near his
  standing machine when the collision occurred.
   The impact of the collision caused the standing
  machine to derail, shoving it 16 feet northward,
  coming to rest on top of the machine operator.

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Other Recent Roadway Worker Incidents

• August 2007, a roadway worker was fatally injured
  when the locomotive crane he was operating tipped
  over during a renovation project on a bridge.
• August 2007, a bobcat being used to pick up old
  ties was struck at a highway-rail grade crossing.
  The operator was fatally injured.

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Non-Railroad Employee

• April 2008 A surveyor involved in a public
  survey was fatally injured when struck by a CSX
  freight train at a highway/rail grade crossing
  near the Georgia/Tennessee border. The surveyor
  evidently became confused as to which track the
  approaching train was occupying and stepped into
  its path.
• The survey party was not working for CSX and had
  not notified CSX that they would be working near
  the track. There was no On Track Safety
  provided. The surveyor did not clear the track
  on the approach of a train.

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Right of Entry vs. Safety

• Railroad Property is PRIVATE Property
• Trespass Issues
• OSHA/FRA can fine you 10,000

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Panic Signs Location

• Department of Transportation (DOT) Crossing
  Number
• typically 6 digits and a letter, typically the
  number tag found on panic/crossing signs,
  cross-bucks, mast-mounted flashing
  lights/gate/bells, bridges and on signal boxes

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DOT Crossing Research

• Use the following link to search railroad
  crossing database.
• Shortcut to
• http//safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/publi
  csite/crossing/crossing.aspx

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CSX Roadway Worker Training
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On-Track Safety Training

• Anyone working within 25 feet of the track
• Lone Worker, typically track inspection
• Watchman Lookout used for work gang and no
  equipment
• Working Limits used for work gang and equipment

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Where do I get the Required Safety Training?

• Some large engineering / survey companies have
  personnel who are qualified trainers
• Roadway Worker Trainer Inc. [phone],
  Office or [phone] Fax
• Ospry [phone]
• Training is not cheap but neither is a funeral

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e-RAILSAFE

• Class 1 Railroads
• Background Investigation
• Currently under Contract for Work
• Biennial Renewal
• http//www.erailsafe.com/

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Railroad Police

• Carry Badges, Guns, Handcuffs, etc.
• Federal Authority to Arrest

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Track Speed

• 79 mph equates to ¼ mile in 11.4 seconds or 116
  FEET PER SECOND!!!!!!!