Transport Canada official outlines concerns in a letter to the railway’s vice-president of safety, including failure to identify and assess hazards to employees resulting from increased switching in the rail yard
A Canadian Pacific Railway employee walks along the side of a locomotive in a marshalling yard in Calgary in May, 2012.Documents show a federal investigator flagged labour code contraventions after a Canadian Pacific Railway train conductor died in a workplace accident in a Calgary rail yard last November.
A written directive attached to the letter, obtained by The Canadian Press, raises concerns over the company failing to identify and assess hazards to employees resulting from increased switching in the rail yard.Another directive says the railway failed to secure and maintain the accident scene, and removed, interfered with and disturbed wreckage and other things without authorization.
It has until March 22 to fix issues related to the safety of the rail yard. The company was also told it can request a review by the Occupational Health and Safety Tribunal Canada.
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