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Federal rail safety bill would set ‘strict criteria’ on how locomotive voice and video recorder data could be used: Garneau
June 21, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterCanada’s transport minister says federal legislation mandating locomotive voice and video recorders would, if passed into law, give the rail industry “opportunities to mitigate risks” but an opposition MP recently warned such a law could violate employees right to privacy.…
TSB attributes Calgary freight train derailment in part to “likely” fatigue of engineer who had been awake for 23 hours
June 5, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterThere is an increased risk of tired railway engineers reporting for duty if a rail operator’s “fatigue management procedures do not provide opportunities for potentially fatigued employees to remove themselves from eligibility for duty without fear of discipline,” the Transportation…
Mandatory locomotive recorder bill ‘addresses a key safety issue,’ says Transportation Safety Board
May 16, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterAmendments to the federal Railway Safety Act mandating recording devices, if passed into law, could provide “essential information” to Transportation Safety Board of Canada staff investigating rail accidents and could help prevent such accidents in the future, TSB suggested Tuesday.…
Canadian railways need ‘physical fail-safe capabilities’ to reduce collision risk: TSB
January 26, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterThe Transportation Safety Board of Canada reiterated Wednesday its recommendation for “additional physical defenses” on railways in case crews fail to obey signals. On Sept. 6, 2015, a Canadian Pacific freight train enroute from Revelstoke, B.C. to Saskatchewan hit a…
TSB continues call for Canada-wide standards for locomotive data recorders
January 13, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterThe Transportation Safety Board of Canada is reiterating a call it made 14 years ago for the federal government to put standards in place for data recorders in train locomotives. TSB is a separate organization from Transport Canada that investigates…
TSB reiterates call for voice and video recorders on board all locomotives in Canada
November 23, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterCanada needs a law requiring on-board cab voice and video recordings in locomotives, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada suggested Tuesday. “On-board voice and video recorders on locomotives would help advance railway safety,” TSB stated in a tweet, reiterating an…
VIA Rail safety management system “not yet” fully integrated into corporate risk management system: Auditor General of Canada
May 3, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterPassenger train operator VIA Rail Canada Inc. has not yet “fully integrated” its safety management system into its corporate risk management system, but the crown corporation has implemented mitigation measures for most of its risks, the Auditor General of Canada…