March 2, 2023 | DOL, Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, February 28, 2023) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The following is a statement from Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien regarding President Joe Biden’s nomination of Julie Su as Labor Secretary: “The Teamsters...
March 2, 2023 | Derailment, DOT, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: ABC News, February 28, 2023) U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg is calling on the rail operator at the center of a hazardous train derailment in Ohio to join a program that would allow its employees to voluntarily and confidentially report close...
March 2, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Freight Waves, March 1, 2023) The Federal Railroad Administration has put out a safety advisory urging the railroads to look at their policies and procedures for using and maintaining hot bearing wayside detectors, also known as hot box detectors. Full story:...
March 2, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: ABC News, March 1, 2023) The CEO of Norfolk Southern, the rail company responsible for the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment, has agreed to appear before a Senate committee next week. Alan Shaw will appear before the Senate’s Environment and Public...
March 2, 2023 | BNSF, Fatality, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Trains Magazine, February 27, 2023) A lack of markers warning of a close-clearance situation was the probable cause of a fatal accident involving a BNSF Railway conductor in La Mirada, Calif., on March 3, 2021, the National Transportation Safety Board said...
