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<blockquote data-quote="MisplacedRailWorker" data-source="post: 4575553" data-attributes="member: 67466"><p>Sadly, This happens too much on the rails as well. Every month lately another’s brother or sister is killed in yard accidents. The worst part is, with Remote Control Operators, often the train that crushes the RCO conductor is being controlled by him. One misstep, lose awareness for 3 seconds looking at your switching orders, or any combination and there goes your life. Guts spilled out and a gruesome last few moments on earth before the body can be freed from the knuckle couplers. </p><p></p><p> If you think for a second, at 6 AM after being on duty for 11 hours, that it isn’t extremely easy for you to end up sandwiching yourself inadvertently, think again. Or just as often, trying to steer clear of the red zone, and you don’t even look on the track behind you and your brother runs you over with the train passing. Fatigue kills. Use your five and 10 when you’re walking, I still do and I don’t even work at UPS anymore</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MisplacedRailWorker, post: 4575553, member: 67466"] Sadly, This happens too much on the rails as well. Every month lately another’s brother or sister is killed in yard accidents. The worst part is, with Remote Control Operators, often the train that crushes the RCO conductor is being controlled by him. One misstep, lose awareness for 3 seconds looking at your switching orders, or any combination and there goes your life. Guts spilled out and a gruesome last few moments on earth before the body can be freed from the knuckle couplers. If you think for a second, at 6 AM after being on duty for 11 hours, that it isn’t extremely easy for you to end up sandwiching yourself inadvertently, think again. Or just as often, trying to steer clear of the red zone, and you don’t even look on the track behind you and your brother runs you over with the train passing. Fatigue kills. Use your five and 10 when you’re walking, I still do and I don’t even work at UPS anymore [/QUOTE]
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