Expect accountability. At RailWorks, a newly created corporation comprised of 35+ railroad construction, maintenance, manufacturing and supply companies, operations within a group with high claim counts are financially penalized for above-group-average claim costs. Credits are given to operations with better-than-group averages. The current average claim cost is used as the multiplier in this “zero based” budget program where debits = credits. Also, safety is a “first agenda item” of staff and management meetings and an integral item of our executive incentive (bonus) program.