By Member Jennifer Homendy After 50 years of investigation, advocacy, and persistence by the NTSB, positive train control (PTC) is now a reality across the country! PTC systems use GPS and other technology to prevent certain train collisions and derailments. It could have been lifesaving in the 154 rail accidents that have killed more than … Continue reading We Can Do Big Things. Just Look at Positive Train Control→| NTSB Safety Compass Blog
In this episode of Behind-the-Scene @NTSB we talk with NTSB Office of Railroad, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Investigations’ HazMat Branch about their work to improve transportation safety. To read some of the investigative reports discussed in this episode, visit our webpage. Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast platform. And find … Continue reading Episode 57: Hazardous Materials Branch→| NTSB Safety Compass Blog
By Paul Stancil, NTSB Senior Hazardous Materials Accident Investigator I wonder what Don Ross, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) investigator-in-charge, might have said to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the train derailment that occurred in Lac‑Mégantic, Quebec: a tragedy that claimed 47 lives, forced about 2,000 people to evacuate, and destroyed 40 buildings … Continue reading Rail Tank Car Safety Ten Years after Lac‑Mégantic→| NTSB Safety Compass Blog
By Nicholas Worrell, Chief, NTSB Safety Advocacy Division In August, 2019, I wrote that Safe Skies for Africa was ending, but that the safety journey would go on in Africa, the world’s second-largest and second-most-populous continent. Earlier this month, it was my pleasure to represent the NTSB in a presentation about best practices in safety … Continue reading Improving Safety in the Second-Largest Continent→| NTSB Safety Compass Blog
In this episode of Behind-the-Scene @ NTSB, we talk with Rob Hall, Director, NTSB Office of Railroad, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Investigations and Railroad Accident Investigators, Tim DePaepe and Joe Gordon, about the 2021-2022 Most Wanted List safety item Improve Rail Worker Safety. To learn more about the NTSB Most Wanted List and the Improve Rail Worker Safety item, … Continue reading Episode 43: Improve Rail Worker Safety→| NTSB Safety Compass Blog
By Member Tom Chapman The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and the railroad industry have recently implemented new protections to make rail passenger travel and hazardous materials transportation safer. That’s great news. However, the NTSB anticipates more accidents involving passengers and the public until our safety recommendations regarding rail worker safety are implemented. Members of train … Continue reading Improve Rail Worker Safety→| NTSB Safety Compass Blog
By Member Tom Chapman Each year, Operation Lifesaver, Inc., spearheads Rail Safety Week. For 2021, Rail Safety Week runs from September 20 through 26. Operation Lifesaver and its safety partners across North America, including the NTSB, use this annual event to educate and empower the public to make safe decisions around trains and tracks and … Continue reading RAIL SAFETY WEEK 2021→| NTSB Safety Compass Blog
By Chairman Robert L. Sumwalt I guess it all started on an overcast day in 1973, when I found myself on the scene of a fatal aviation crash for the first time. I had heard of the crash on my car radio, and, as a curious 17‑year-old, I decided to find the crash location. Once … Continue reading I Lived My Dream: Looking Back on 15 years at NTSB→| NTSB Safety Compass Blog