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2009 Environmental Health & Safety Report
26
Safety
Safety Fairs
Environmental Health and Safety team members participate in
Amtrak-sponsored safety fairs throughout the corporation. In
2009, fairs were held at nine sites with expanded participation
planned for 2010.
Fair locations in 2009 included: Bear (Del.) Shops; Harrisburg; Penn Coach Yard; New
York Penn Station; Albany (NY); Washington Ivy City (Engineering); Wilmington (Del.)
Shops (Engineering and Mechanical); Quad Avenue, Baltimore. The fairs offer an
opportunity for EHS team members to meet and talk with managers and agreement
employees and to share pertinent safety information. Employees also have an opportunity
to address concerns and receive literature to aid them in the day-to-day safety challenges of
their individual assignments. In addition to the safety fairs, EHS team members also
participated in Employee Appreciation Day activities.
During the New York City and Albany station events, Amtrak customers also had an
opportunity to actively participate and gain a broader knowledge of the company’ s
customer safety programs. Informational materials were made available to all attendees,
including OSHA “quick cards,” Operation Lifesaver brochures and other safety-oriented
materials.
Metrics
Safety Audit Program
The Safety Audit Program evaluates and reports on
the state of safety compliance and conformance with
various regulatory agency rules, as well as with
internal Amtrak procedures and rules. In many cases,
a safety practice is simply part of a routine operation
or preventative task. The Safety Audit Program is
not designed to perform detailed evaluations on all
such routine maintenance, operations, and functional
tasks that might include safety elements, but rather it
is aimed primarily at those tasks that are most
commonly and regularly performed. The Audit Program is designed to reduce the risk of
worker injury, avoid potential regulatory intervention and promote a safer workplace. The
manner in which the Audit Program is applied is determined by the type of operation at the
facility or location being audited.
While the basic focus of the Audit Program is on safety issues, including industrial
hygiene, from time to there may be overlap in environmental and public health areas.
Issues in these categories are addressed with consultation from Amtrak’ s Environmental
and/or Public Health groups.