CP Rail ordered
to address fatigue
Interrupted rest periods
contributing to 'immediate threat
to safe railway operations'
BY JEFFREY R. SMITH
CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY (CPR) has been ordered to change
its fatigue-management practices and the line-ups of its freight trains
in British Columbia because employee fatigue is contributing to what
Transport Canada calls "an immediate threat to safe railway opera-
NEWS BRIEF
Safety Reporter
Canadian
www.safetyreporter.com
March 2016
Crews > pg. 2
POST-INCIDENT TESTING
FOR SERIOUS INCIDENTS ONLY
Company policy stated refusal would result
in discipline including dismissal, but positive
test would bring assistance pg. 3
NO MORE SHIFTS FOLLOWING
WORKER'S COMPLAINT OF
WORKPLACE VIOLENCE pg. 5
Worker complained of verbal harassment
and physical altercation with owner;
owner ordered her off shift schedule
DEFLECTING THE BLAME
OF ACCIDENT DOESN'T SAVE
AVIATION WORKER'S JOB
Worker tried to blame other
operator for loose brake, but brake
wasn't really loose
pg. 6
INSIDE
Ontario introduces new PTSD
strategy for first responders
Labour ministry to focus on awareness, reducing stigma
BY SABRINA NANJI
BILL RUSK IS nudged awake by
his service dog every night just
before he is about to have a night
terror — it's part of living with
post traumatic stress, said the ex-
Toronto police officer who was
shot in the face, neck, shoulder,
and hand while on duty in 1990.
His case remains unsolved; the
perpetrator unknown.
Rusk recalled the events of that
traumatic day in February when
Ontario labour minister Kevin
Flynn announced a new strategy
addressing post traumatic stress
disorder (PTSD) in first respond-
ers such as police, firefighters
and paramedics.
"We owe it to the first respond-
ers in this province to ensure that
they get the treatment they de-
REVIEW CRITICAL
OF WORKPLACE SAFETY
POLICY AFTER SHOOTING
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — An inspec-
tion has found the Vermont child
welfare agency's workplace safety
policy didn't have comprehensive
measures to protect employees
when a social worker was shot
dead outside her state office build-
ing last August.
The Vermont Occupational
Safety and Health Administration
completed the review of the De-
partment for Children and Families
on Feb. 5. A letter with the findings
obtained by The Associated Press
has been given to the commission-
ers of the child welfare agency and
the Department of Buildings and
General Services.
The safety administration says
the child welfare agency's policy
wasn't fully developed when social
worker Lara Sobel was killed. It rec-
ommends better record keeping of
safety threats.
A Barre (BAYR'-ree) woman
whose child was taken into state
custody has pleaded not guilty in
Sobel's killing.
The child welfare agency says
it will continue working to improve
employee security.
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