Short Line Safety Institute: Measuring Safety Culture Growth Across Four Railroads [Research Results]

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• Creators:
  Kidda, Starr ; Howarth, Heidi D
• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Research, Development and Technology ; John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Safety culture
  • Safety programs
  • Case studies
  • Evaluation and assessment
  • Railroad safety
  • Short line railroads
  • Regional railroads
  • safety culture model
  • safety culture assessment
  • safety culture measurement
• Publication/ Report Number:
  RR 21-16
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Research Results
• Contracting Officer:
  Kidda, Starr
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration
• Abstract:
  Research shows that a strong safety culture can influence a railroad’s safety outcomes, resulting in less frequent, less severe accidents. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Safety Council defines safety culture as “the shared values, actions, and behaviors that demonstrate a commitment to safety over competing goals and demands” (Morrow, S., & Coplen, M., 2017). Since 2014, the Federal Railroad Administration’s Office of Research, Development and Technology has supported the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association in its efforts to establish a Short Line Safety Institute (SLSI) focused on improving safety culture on short line and regional railroads. SLSI conducts voluntary, non-punitive, confidential Safety Culture Assessments (SCAs) for short line and regional railroads across the United States. SCAs provide a diagnostic appraisal of a railroad’s safety culture at a given point in time, with documented Opportunities for Improvement. ; This research summarizes findings from a case study analysis conducted in 2021 of initial and follow-up SCA reports completed for four railroads.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  RR04AB / UK293
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/57415/dot_57415_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 458.68 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center ; Federal Railroad Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:d9a2985787b3d4f5a10cacc614ced680fe5d470bb92d8c73491482b121631a77