Macdona NTSB Safety Recommendation BLET and UTU R-06-17

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                   NTSB SAFETY RECOMMENDATION
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National Transportation Safety Board
Washington, DC 20594

July 20, 2006

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Safety Recommendation R-06-17

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The National Transportation Safety Board makes the following
safety recommendation to the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers and Trainmen and the United Transportation Union:

Use this accident as a fatigue case study to illustrate the
responsibility of the carrier to provide an employee the
opportunity for adequate sleep and the responsibility of the
employee to acquire sleep sufficient to work at a safe level
of alertness, and the options available if adequate sleep is
not obtained. Present this case study to your members at
meetings, through written materials, and other appropriate
methods. (R-06-17)

The Safety Board also issued safety recommendations to the
Federal Railroad Administration and the Union Pacific
Railroad. The Board also reiterated previously issued safety
recommendations to the Federal Railroad Administration. In
addition, the Board reclassified safety recommendations to
the Federal Railroad Administration.

 

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http://www.ntsb.gov/recs/letters/2006/R06_17.pdf

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