UP marks grade-crossing safety milestone

Written by Jenifer Nunez, assistant editor

Union Pacific credits a focus on community safety outreach, operating processes and employee training resulting in a record first-quarter grade-crossing safety performance, demonstrating ongoing progress toward the company's ultimate goal of zero incidents.

 

Union Pacific’s public safety rate improved 27 percent to 1.88 versus the first quarter of 2014.

“Our strategy of reinforcing public awareness with targeted safety campaigns and community partnerships is improving safety as we move toward an incident-free environment,” said Bob Grimaila, Union Pacific vice president safety, security and environment. “Through our three-pronged approach – community education, engineering enhancements and enforcement initiatives – we are enhancing safety for employees and the people in the communities they call home.”

Yesterday, RT&S reporter that UP employees achieved record first-quarter safety performance with a reportable injury rate of 0.85, demonstrating ongoing progress toward the company’s ultimate goal of zero incidents.

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