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News Wire: CSX hires consultant to improve safety

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Posted by zugmann on Sunday, May 27, 2018 8:09 PM

They'll do their studies, write their reports and recommendations, then the carrier will toss it all in a file cabinet never to see the light of day.  Seen this played over a few times.

  

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Posted by Paul_D_North_Jr on Sunday, May 27, 2018 8:00 PM

Article says:

"CSX announced that DEKRA, an international safety consulting firm, will perform a comprehensive assessment to help the railroad improve safety for employees, customers, and communities in which it operates."

Who the heck is DEKRA, and what do they know about modern US railroad practice?

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Posted by zardoz on Sunday, May 27, 2018 4:17 PM

Consult: a contraction of con (as in deceive) and insult (as in offend). That would make a consultant a __________.

 

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Posted by BaltACD on Friday, May 25, 2018 6:04 PM

Only goes to PROVE just how safety clueless the EHH cadre have been in wrecking the safety culture that was in place until EHH's arrival.

Never too old to have a happy childhood!

              

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Posted by Brian Schmidt on Friday, May 25, 2018 4:23 PM

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – CSX Transportation, whose train accident and employee injury record has been deteriorating for five years, has hired a consulting firm to assess its safety programs and aims to hire a chief safety operating officer...

http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2018/05/25-csx-hires-consultant-to-improve-safety

Brian Schmidt, Editor, Classic Trains magazine

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