The railroad isn't really any more dangerous than many other jobs. It's just a lot less forgiving. Where you may smash your hand in a factory if you aren't paying attention, you may be hit by a train on the railroad, so we have a few ways of keeping that from happening.
With modern technology and with most employees having laptop computers that give us access to the approximate location of trains and the ability to see which signals have been cleared, we are able to plan our work more efficiently. These newfangled goodies are not, however, a reliable means of determining when it is safe to occupy the track and do work.
For that we have different types of "On Track Safety". Each is used for specific types of track, locations and types of work. In this video I will go over each of them as well as give a brief primer of the types of locations on the railroad.
So, join me in this presentation of how we work safely on the railroad!