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BNSF Roadmaster Killed & Cell Phone Distraction
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">I have a question:</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">The report does not mention the use of a cell phone, which might have played a role in distraction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This information is apparently omitted because the cell phone rule does not apply to employees in the class to which the victim belonged.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead, the report states the broader rules that apply, such as this:</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="font-size: medium;">"Each employee must foul the track only after determining that it is safe to do so."</span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">Obviously the employee broke this rule, but the reason for doing so remains unknown.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">However, the report also cites this rule:</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="font-size: medium;">"When this situation occurs incidental to the performance of his or her duties, such as when walking across or adjacent to a track on which authority or protection has not been provided, each worker must not carry tools or material that restricts motion, impairs sight <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">or hearing</span></strong>, or prevents the rapid movement away from an approaching train or other on-track equipment on the track being fouled." </span> <span style="color: #333333;">(my emphasis added)</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">I think it is accurate to say that a cell phone is a tool that impairs hearing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I would like to know if the employee broke this rule by using the cell phone while fouling a track even though the cell phone rule per se does not apply to employees of his class. </span></span></p>
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