FRA issues safety bulletin following death of maintenance-of-way worker

TrainsMag.com— WASHINGTON — The Federal Railroad Administration issued a safety bulletin today in the wake of a fatal accident involving a maintenance-of-way worker who was pinned by an excavator’s bucket. “FRA is actively investigating this accident, and is issuing this bulletin to remind railroads, railroad employees, and railroad contractors of the importance of ensuring proper safety []Read More

TrainsMag.com—FRA halts safety culture assessment of Union Pacific, citing coaching of workers. WASHINGTON — The Federal Railroad Administration has discontinued efforts to gather information for an assessment of Union Pacific’s safety culture, telling the railroad it found indications of activities by the railroad that “adversely impact the integrity” of the process. The railroad, in a statement to Trains News Wire, says the issue arose from a mistake []Read More

WKBN.com—Workers at Stellantis plant near Detroit authorize strike in dispute over health and safety issues. WARREN, Mich. (AP) — About 1,000 workers at a Stellantis metal stamping plant north of Detroit have voted to authorize a strike over health and safety issues, the United Auto Workers union says. The union didn't immediately answer a question about whether a strike deadline had been set, but Stellantis said in a statement that []

Scroll.in—Sanitation worker deaths: Maharashtra issues new guidelines for manual cleaning of septic tanks. The state government sent the fresh norms to civic bodies and district collectorates after five sanitation workers died in April.