{"id":37615,"date":"2015-02-11T09:08:42","date_gmt":"2015-02-11T14:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smart-union.dev\/news\/the-other-train-accident-victims-rail-workers\/"},"modified":"2015-02-11T09:08:42","modified_gmt":"2015-02-11T14:08:42","slug":"the-other-train-accident-victims-rail-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/the-other-train-accident-victims-rail-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"The other train accident victims: Rail workers","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-16017\" style=\"margin-top: 4px;margin-bottom: 4px;margin-left: 10px;margin-right: 10px;border-width: 1px;border-color: black;border-style: solid\" alt=\"fatigue_thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/fatigue_thumb.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"158\" \/>In December 2013, after a Metro-North train jumped the rails in the Bronx, killing four and injuring 75, a union leader described the train engineer as \u201ctotally traumatized.\u201d The New York accident made national headlines, but other than the union quote, little attention was given to that trauma he faced.<\/p>\n<p>A similar description of an engineer\u2019s well-being came up at a National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) briefing last week, two days after a Metro-North crash in Valhalla, New York, on February 4, which left six people dead. \u201cI think it goes without saying that he\u2019s very traumatized,\u201d a board representative said.<\/p>\n<p>Read the complete story at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/other-train-accident-victims-rail-workers-who-face-ptsd-and-depression-305999\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsweek<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In December 2013, after a Metro-North train jumped the rails in the Bronx, killing four and injuring 75, a union leader described the train engineer as \u201ctotally traumatized.\u201d The New York accident made national headlines, but other than the union quote, little attention was given to that trauma he faced. 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