Railroad Workers and Locomotive Engineers

• Regulations, Safety Advisories and Rulemaking

• Additional Guidance and Reports

• Accident Reports from the National Transportation Safety Administration

• Rail - International

• Rail Organizations

   

Regulations and Safety Advisories

• FRA Safety Advisory on Sleep Disorders.  Federal Register October 1, 2004. 

• Occupational Noise Exposure for Railroad Operating Employees; Proposed Rule.  June 23, 2004

• Federal Railroad Administration - Alcohol and Controlled Substance Regulations

• Federal Railroad Administration - Safe Use of Prescription and Over-the-Counter Drugs - December 24,1998

• Notice of Safety Advisory: Determination of Vision Impairment Among Locomotive Engineers - May 28, 1998 - FRA

Additional Guidance and Reports

• new - Medical Standards for Railroad Workers - Report in response to NTSB recommendation regarding Medical Standards for Railroad Workers.  Presented to the Rail Safety Advisory Committee on January 26, 2005

Accident Reports from the National Transportation Safety Administration

• National Transportation Safety Board Report on the Collision of Two Canadian National/Illinois Central Railway Trains near Clarkston, Michigan, November 15, 2001 - In this accident the NTSB investigated the adequacy of rail industry standards and procedures for identifying and reporting potentially incapacitating medical conditions

Railroad - International

• Transport Canada - 

• Australia National Transport Commission - Code of Practice for Health Assessment of Rail Safety Workers-

Rail Organizations

• Federal Railroad Administration

• Railroad Retirement Board

• Rail Safety Advisory Committee (RSAC)