( ) -q-19- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “industry for years.” Freight railroad BNSF is generally striving to improve safety on a consistent basis, but that message doesn’t always reach front-line workers. [CutID: <Cuts> BNSF-SAFETY-house-q-WEDam.mp3 Time: 19s Title: BNSF-SAFETY-house-q-WEDam Out-cue: industry for years] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. This is the second report the agency has […]
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Railroad BNSF stresses safety but held back by longstanding industry issues
( ) -q-19- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “industry for years.”
Freight railroad BNSF is generally striving to improve safety on a consistent basis, but that message doesn’t always reach front-line workers.
[CutID: <Cuts> BNSF-SAFETY-house-q-WEDam.mp3
Time: 19s
Title: BNSF-SAFETY-house-q-WEDam
Out-cue: industry for years]
TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. This is the second report the agency has completed since the disastrous February 2023 Norfolk Southern derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, as it works to review all the major railroads.
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VERBATIM: The workers don’t feel comfortable reporting safety concerns for fear of being disciplined. That’s according to an assessment released by the Federal Railroad Administration. The review of BNSF’s safety culture also shows that the company continues to be held back by some of the same issues that have been common across the industry for years.