Garneau unveils new safety measures after probe into fatal 2017 incident at Saskatchewan railway yard
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Transport Canada said it also plans to ramp up oversight rules and address gaps in employee training and experience.The department said it will work with industry and labour representatives to identify the causes of uncontrolled movements that occur while switching without air brakes. Two Canadian National Railway Co. employees were carrying out switching duties at the company’s yard in Melville, Sask., 150 kilometres east of Regina, on Dec. 22, 2017, when one was fatally injured.
“Team work is critical but, in this occurrence, the foreman and the helper were working in virtual isolation,” investigator Glen Pilon said in a video statement released with the report on June 10.“Both employees were relatively inexperienced and wore green vests to indicate less than two years of service,” Pilon said.
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