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“Do Your Job.” How the Railroad Industry Intimidates Employees Into Putting Speed Before Safety [1]

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Date: 2023-11-16  

If the public thinks of America’s sprawling freight rail network at all, it typically does so when a train derails, unleashing flaming cars and noxious smoke on a community as it did this year in East Palestine, Ohio. The rail industry usually responds by vowing fixes and defending its overall record, which includes a steady decrease in major accidents. But a ProPublica investigation has found that those statistics present a knowingly incomplete picture of rail safety. Full story linked below from ProPublica site.

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