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Sep
2009
Research Results
A Practical Risk Assessment Methodology for Safety-Critical Train Control Systems
Subject
Human Factors
Keywords: Safety-critical, hazard, risk assessment, base case risk, proposed case risk, cause-consequence analysis, event tree analysis, FRA Rule 49CFR-236H
Report Number
RR09-17
Office
RDI-23
1
May
2009
Research Results
Safe Practices, Operating Rule Compliance, and Derailment Rates Improve at Union Pacific Yards with STEEL Process – A Risk Reduction Approach to Safety
Subject
Human Factors
Keywords: Safety culture, behavior-based safety, continuous improvement, safety leadership, Clear Signal for Action (CSA), observation-feedback, lessons learned
Report Number
RR09-08
Office
RDI-24
1
Jan
2009
Technical Reports
Field Evaluation of a Wireless Handheld Computer for Rairoad Roadway Workers
Subject
Human Factors
Keywords: cognitive task analysis, data link, digital communications, decision-making, intelligent railroad systems, personal remote terminal, railroad dispatcher, roadway worker, track allocation, train routing, usability
Abstract: This report is the third in a series describing the development and evaluation of a software application to facilitate communications for railroad roadway workers using a wireless...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-09/02
Office
RRD
1
Jan
2009
Other Reports
Safety Climate Dimensions, Leader-Member Exchange, and Organizational Support as Predictors of Upward Safety Communication in a Sample of Rail Industry Workers
Subject
Human Factors
Keywords: Safety Climate Dimensions, Leader-Member Exchange, and Organizational Support as Predictors of Upward Safety Communication in a Sample of Rail Industry Workers
Report Number
Safety Science, doi:10.1016/j.ssci.2010.01.016
Office
RRD
1
Jan
2009
Technical Reports
Visualizing Railroad Operations: A Tool for Planning and Monitoring Railroad Traffic
Subject
Human Factors
Keywords: String line diagrams, planning software, railroad operations, user-centered design, technology transfer, human factors
Abstract: This report provides an overview of the development and technology transfer of the Railroad Traffic Planner application, a visualization tool with string line diagrams that show...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-09/01
Office
RRD