Safety

FRA's Office of Safety promotes and regulates safety throughout the Nation's railroad industry.

We …
—> employ more than 415 Federal safety inspectors nationwide
—> operate out of eight regional offices
—> specialize in six safety disciplines
      Hazardous Materials  
      Motive Power and Equipment
      Operating Practices (including Drug and Alcohol )
      Signal and Train Control
      Track and Structures
      Industrial Hygiene
—> promote numerous initiatives on grade crossings and trespasser prevention
—> train and certify 160 State safety inspectors in 30 States to enforce Federal rail safety regulations
—> conduct site-specific safety inspections of railroads and monitor their compliance with federally mandated
       safety standards
—> manage a substantial regulatory agenda and ensure cost-effective solutions to railroad safety problems
       through our Planning and Evaluation Division
—> oversee and participate in the Railroad Safety Advisory Committee , which provides consensus
        recommendations from the industry on a range of regulatory issues
—> collect and analyze rail accident/incident data from the railroads and convert this information into
        meaningful statistical tables, charts, and reports
—> continuously monitor the occurrence of train accidents and incidents in real time and actively investigate
       serious events in order to determine their cause and compliance with the existing safety laws and
        regulations. Once headquarters-assigned accident investigations are complete, Factual Reports are
        available for public inspection.  


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