This again shows how easy it is to have a fatality. Even with highly experienced employees these accidents happen so easily. Today I was taking a call and looking out my window when I saw one of our own employees walking straight across the yard from reefer repair to the EMR yard, completely going past the safe pedestrian walkways that are created to keep everyone safe. As long as we have people doing this our struggle isn’t over. Please do you utmost to motivate your people to work on safety, to intervene and to reward good behavior. But also not be afraid to punish bad behavior, as we have been asking nicely too many times. It is time for action and very strict enforcement. You as managers, assistant managers are the back-bone of this company and the leaders when it comes to safe operations.
Please make sure we do never ever have to report on a fatality, cause that would kill me personally.