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Gauging Our EHS Sustainability Performance
Amtrak EHS Annual Report 2010 | 31
Audits
Safety Audit Program
The Safety Audit Program evaluates and reports on the state of safety compliance
and conformance with various regulatory agencies, as well as with Amtrak
procedures and rules. In many cases, a safety practice is simply part of a routine
operation or preventive task. The Safety Audit Program is not designed to perform
detailed evaluations on all maintenance, operations, and functional tasks that
include safety elements, but it is aimed primarily at those tasks regularly
performed. The Audit Program is designed to reduce the risk of worker injury,
avoid potential regulatory intervention, and promote a safer workplace.
While the basic focus of the Audit Program is on safety issues, including industrial
hygiene, from time to time there may be overlap into environmental and public
health areas. Issues in these categories are addressed in consultation with
Amtrak’s Environmental and/or Public Health groups.
The Safety Audit Program covers the operations and activities within the areas
listed below, and is not restricted to any particular department. These can include
owned and leased facilities, both on and off Amtrak property. Vendor and
contractor operations are also covered within the audit scope. The Audit Program
can include, but is not limited to:
Buildings, structures, and facilities.
Mechanical maintenance shops.
Engineering maintenance shops and bases.
Material control operations.
Commercial and non-commercial motor vehicles and drivers.
Equipment and equipment operators.
Stations.
Offices, warehouses, and storage.
Engineering maintenance-of-way work sites.
Train movements within mechanical facilities.
Yard and station operations (non-train movement).
Safety Audit Metrics FY10
Total number of facilities audited: 25
Total number of field division audited: 69
Total number of “follow up” audits: 1
Total number of mechanical contractor audits: 3