Safety Recommendations target Federal Transit Administration.

Press Release Summary:



According to NTSB, Federal Transit Administration should facilitate development of non-punitive safety reporting programs at all transit agencies to collect reports from employees in all divisions within their agencies. They should also seek authority similar to Federal Railroad Administration regulations to require that transit agencies obtain toxicological specimens from covered transit employees and contractors who are fatally injured as a result of an on-duty accident.



Original Press Release:



NTSB Safety Recommendations R-10-4 and -5



The National Transportation Safety Board makes the following safety recommendations to the Federal Transit Administration:

Facilitate the development of non-punitive safety reporting programs at all transit agencies to collect reports from employees in all divisions within their agencies and to have their safety departments; representatives of their operations, maintenance, and engineering departments; and representatives of labor organizations regularly review these reports and share the results of those reviews across all divisions of their agencies. (R-10-4)

Seek authority similar to Federal Railroad Administration regulations (Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations 219.207) to require that transit agencies obtain toxicological specimens from covered transit employees and contractors who are fatally injured as a result of an on-duty accident. (R-10-5)

http://ntsb.gov/recs/letters/2010/R-10-004-005.pdf

The complete recommendation letter is available on the Web at the URL indicated above.

The letter is in the Portable Document Format (PDF) and can be read using the Acrobat Reader 5.0 or later from Adobe

(http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html).

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