Category: Safety Alert

FRA’s SOFA issues safety alert

November 24, 2020 The FRA’s Switching Operations Fatality Analysis (SOFA) working group recently released two new documents — one on the importance of job briefings and the other a safety alert following three switching accidents that have occurred since August. In the safety alert [...]

Tags FRA, safety alert, SOFA, SOFA working group, Switching Operation Fatalities Analysis

SAFETY: The gift we give our families that should never be compromised

December 22, 2019 As president of the SMART Transportation Division and on behalf of General President Joseph Sellers, I want to wish every member happy holidays. We are all one family, and this season is a time when we have our loved ones in our thoughts and on our minds. As your president, y [...]

Tags Holiday message, SOFA, switching hazards, Switching Operations Fatalities Analysis, Transportation Division President Jeremy Ferguson

President Ferguson requests FRA emergency order over air brake valves

December 20, 2019 SMART Transportation Division President Jeremy Ferguson has requested that the Federal Railroad Administration issue an emergency order to carriers that train car valves prone to leakage during cold temperatures be replaced and/or repaired immediately. “The FRA and the AAR ha [...]

Tags Association of American Railroads, Dakotas State Legislative Director Jim Chase, DB-10 valve, emergency brake, New York Airbrake, safety advisory, safety hazard