Short Line Safety Institute: A Safety Culture Assessment Model Transferable from Freight to Commuter Operations [Research Results]

Details

• Creators:
  Kidda, Starr ; Leone, Julia
• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration
• Corporate Contributors:
  Short Line Safety Institute
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Short line railroads
  • Safety culture
  • Freight cars
  • Regional railroads
  • Culture (Social sciences)
  • Behavior
  • Short Line Safety Institute
  • commuter operations
  • freight railroads
  • safety culture assessment model
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  RR 20-15
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Research Results
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration
• Abstract:
  The Short Line Safety Institute (SLSI) is dedicated to the continuous improvement of safety and safety culture across all short line and regional railroads in the United States. Strengthening a railroad’s safety culture creates a safer working environment that may result in less frequent or severe accidents. SLSI defines safety culture as the shared values, actions, and behaviors that demonstrate a commitment to safety over competing goals and demands, based on the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Safety Council’s safety culture definition. SLSI is dedicated to railroad safety, the improvement of safety culture, and continuing education. To further these commitments, SLSI investigated the utility of its Safety Culture Assessment (SCA) model in another railroading sector, Commuter Operations.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  FR-RRD-0082-19-01-02
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/50831/dot_50831_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 422.04 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Railroad Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:2480962ab07ed92109841fbd96d3848ef73c1d199b78c6c4157a8751ce106b3f