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1 Dec 2014

Safety Advisories

Roadway Worker Authority Limits— Importance of Clear Communication, Compliance with Applicable Rules and Procedures, and Ensuring that Appropriate Safety Redundancies Are in Place in the Event of Miscommunication or Error; Correction

Subject Safety Advisories

Abstract: On November 25, 2014, FRA published a document in the Federal Register to reemphasize the importance of clear communication and compliance with applicable rules and procedures...

Safety Advisory Number

2014-02

25 Nov 2014

Safety Advisories

Roadway Worker Authority Limits— Importance of Clear Communication, Compliance With Applicable Rules and Procedures, and Ensuring That Appropriate Safety Redundancies Are in Place in the Event of Miscommunication or Error

Subject Safety Advisories

Abstract: FRA is issuing Safety Advisory 2014–02 to reemphasize the importance of clear communication and compliance with applicable rules and procedures regarding roadway worker authority...

Safety Advisory Number

2014-02

24 Nov 2014

Technical Reports

Countermeasures to Mitigate Intentional Deaths on Railroad Rights-of-Way: Lessons Learned and Next Steps

Author

Federal Railroad Administration

Subject Highway-Rail Grade Crossings, Trespass Countermeasures

Keywords: Suicide, railroad, intentional fatality, trespass, countermeasure, suicide prevention, high speed rail

Abstract:

Researchers summarized and compared existing strategies for preventing suicides on railroad tracks, including discussion of different points of intervention.

Report Number

DOT/FRA/ORD-14/36

Office

RDI-24

18 Nov 2014

Accident Investigations

HQ-2014-1028 (Finalized)

Subject Accident Investigations, Highway-Rail Grade Crossings

Keywords: Accident Investigations, Highway-Rail Grade Crossings

Abstract: On November 18, 2014, at approximately 4:36 p.m., EST, Amtrak Passenger Train Number 352 operating eastbound from Chicago, Illinois, to Battle Creek, Michigan, struck an occupied...

Accident Date

November 18, 2014

Accident Type

Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Incident (HRX)

Railroad Name

Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation) (ATK)

Location

Kalamazoo, MI
United States

Accident Number

HQ-2014-1028

Investigation Status

Finalized

12 Nov 2014

Technical Reports

Trespass Event Risk Factors