“We are doomed to endure more unnecessary tragedy in the future so long as government fails to fulfil its responsibility to the safety of workers and the public,” Dennis Pierce, president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen in Cleveland, said in a statement. While there’s nothing to indicate that an extra crew member would have prevented the July 6 disaster in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, some observers expressed surprise that there was only one person running the nearly mile-long train carrying 72 tankers filled with crude oil destined for a refinery in New Brunswick. Canada’s Transportation Safety Board said there was insufficient brake force to hold the train, which began rolling after being parked overnight on a rail line. A Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway executive blamed the train’s operator for failing to set enough hand brakes. The railroad, based in Hermon, Maine, was one of two with special permission from the Canadian government to operate with a single-person crew. globalnews.ca/news/738781/union-wants-us-authorities-to-mandate-2-member-train-crews-after-lac-megantic-disaster/
Posted on: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 01:41:03 +0000
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