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<blockquote data-quote="rickyb" data-source="post: 5516551" data-attributes="member: 56035">ive almost derailed trains.&nbsp; it costs time and money for them to put it back on the tracks.&nbsp; but it doesnt necessarily block traffic.&quot;Greg Regan, the president of the AFL-CIO&#039;s Transportation Trades Department, representing the 37 unions in that sector, said it was too soon to attribute specific causes for the East Palestine derailment. But he warned that in general, America&#039;s freight rail carriers were eluding any real regulation because the federal reporting system for near misses and minor incidents that signal bigger problems remains entirely voluntary and not one of them was opting to participate unlike in the <a href="https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/aviation-voluntary-reporting-programs-1" target="_blank">aviation industry.</a>&quot;I don&#039;t think we have a very accurate accounting of how often these incidents occur and what the risks are for both the employees and the general public because not one of these Class One railroads participates in the <a href="https://railroads.dot.gov/railroad-safety/divisions/safety-partnerships/c3rs/confidential-close-call-reporting-system-c3rs#:~:text=FRA%20sponsors%20a%20voluntary%20confidential,from%20discipline%20and%20FRA%20enforcement." target="_blank">Confidential Close Calls</a> reporting system where employees can report near misses or minor incidents without fear of repercussions from their employer,&quot; he said.Regan added that while the Class 1 freight behemoths were choosing to fly without this basic safety net, the nation&#039;s commuter and passenger rail outfits like Amtrak were participating in this commonsense compliance program that promotes safety because what gets measured gets managed.&quot;[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.salon.com/2023/02/08/cover-up-workers-know-the-truth-about-the-derailment-disaster--why-are-they-being-ignored_partner/[/URL]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="rickyb, post: 5516551, member: 56035"] ive almost derailed trains. it costs time and money for them to put it back on the tracks. but it doesnt necessarily block traffic. " Greg Regan, the president of the AFL-CIO's Transportation Trades Department, representing the 37 unions in that sector, said it was too soon to attribute specific causes for the East Palestine derailment. But he warned that in general, America's freight rail carriers were eluding any real regulation because the federal reporting system for near misses and minor incidents that signal bigger problems remains entirely [B]voluntary[/B] and not one of them was opting to participate unlike in the [URL='https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/aviation-voluntary-reporting-programs-1']aviation industry.[/URL] "[B]I don't think we have a very accurate accounting of how often these incidents occur and what the risks are for both the employees and the general public because not one of these Class One railroads participates in the [URL='https://railroads.dot.gov/railroad-safety/divisions/safety-partnerships/c3rs/confidential-close-call-reporting-system-c3rs#:~:text=FRA%20sponsors%20a%20voluntary%20confidential,from%20discipline%20and%20FRA%20enforcement.']Confidential Close Calls[/URL] reporting system where employees can report near misses or minor incidents without fear of repercussions from their employer," he said.[/B] Regan added that while the Class 1 freight behemoths were choosing to fly without this basic safety net, the nation's commuter and passenger rail outfits like Amtrak were participating in this commonsense compliance program that promotes safety because what gets measured gets managed." [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.salon.com/2023/02/08/cover-up-workers-know-the-truth-about-the-derailment-disaster--why-are-they-being-ignored_partner/[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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