{"id":10624,"date":"2011-06-10T06:51:57","date_gmt":"2011-06-10T06:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utu.org\/?p=10624"},"modified":"2011-06-10T06:51:57","modified_gmt":"2011-06-10T06:51:57","slug":"yard-safety-workshop-a-life-limbs-careers-saver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/yard-safety-workshop-a-life-limbs-careers-saver\/","title":{"rendered":"Yard-safety workshop a life, limbs, careers saver","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/railyard.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-119\" style=\"margin-top: 4px;margin-bottom: 4px;margin-left: 12px;margin-right: 12px;border-width: 1px;border-color: black;border-style: solid\" title=\"railyard\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/railyard.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"103\" \/><\/a>Working in a rail yard puts life, limbs and career at risk more than any other job.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Members attending UTU regional meetings in San Antonio and New York have access to a yard-safety workshop \u2013 conducted in partnership with the Federal Railroad Administration\u2019s risk-reduction team.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Attendees will gain more from this workshop if they first review a portion of a recent FRA report prepared by the Switching Operations Fatalities Analysis (SOFA) working group.<\/p>\n<p>To read Chapter 3 of that report:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.utu.org\/\">www.utu.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Place your cursor on &#8220;Safety&#8221; in the drop-down menu above, and then\u00a0left-click \u00a0on &#8220;Switching Operations Fatalities Analysis&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Left-click on the SOFA logo.<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Left-click on the first link, \u201cFindings and Advisories of the SOFA Working Group Volume I.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Scroll to Chapter Three, \u201cSwitching Fatalities \u2013 Understanding and Prevention,\u201d which begins at page 13.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cThis chapter will give you a good introduction to the entire report and a basic understanding of the report before you attend one of the SOFA workshops,\u201d says UTU Louisiana State Legislative Director Gary Devall, who is one of the UTU\u2019s representatives on the SOFA working group along with Minnesota State Legislative Director Phil Qualy and Kansas State Legislative Director Ty Dragoo.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Also to be found on the page where the SOFA logo appears, is the first quarter 2011 SOFA update.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0All UTU members working in rail yards also are urged to review the following message on yard safety:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Saving your life, limbs and career\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/news\/saving-your-life-limbs-and-career\/\">\u00a0www.utu.org\/worksite\/detail_news.cfm?ArticleID=53959<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Working in a rail yard puts life, limbs and career at risk more than any other job. \u00a0Members attending UTU regional meetings in San Antonio and New York have access to a yard-safety workshop \u2013 conducted in partnership with the Federal Railroad Administration\u2019s risk-reduction team. \u00a0Attendees will gain more from this workshop if they first [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[31,45,18,119],"tags":[1090,175,675,339,1091],"member_types":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.0 - 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