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Submission of Continuous Welded Rail (CWR) Plans

FRA CWR Generic Plan – Effective July, 2021

Submission of CWR Plans

Please forward all CWR Plan submissions by email to: FRACWRREVIEW@dot.gov

Contact the following staff with any questions or concerns:

Adam Giovando Deputy Staff Director – Rail...

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Circumstance Codes

1.Physical Act

2.Location - Parts I, II, and III

3.Event

4.Tools, Machinery, Appliances, Structures, Surfaces (etc.)...

Train Accident Cause Codes

1. Track, Roadbed and Structure 2. Signal and Communication 3. Train Operation – Human Factor 4. Mechanical and Electrical Failures 5. Miscellaneous causes not otherwise listed

Train accidents are...

Employee Job Codes

1. Executives, Officals, and Staff Assistants

2. Professional and Administrative

3. Maintenance of Way and Structures

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Examples of Well-Designed Process & Technologies

Effective design supports operator attention demands

Effective design matches product features with user needs. Attentional demands on operators require products that make important information easy to locate and recognize. Recent cab designs have  integrated multiple electronic...

User Centered Design

What is user-centered design?

 

User-centered design is a process to design tools that take user needs and requirements into account. It  includes steps to identify these needs and requirements through interviews and/or observations of the target user. Some key parts...

HSI Topic: Training

Training is another HSI domain that intersects with Human Factors Engineering and Safety.

Training is any activity that results in enabling users, operators, maintainers, leaders and support personnel, to acquire, gain or enhance knowledge, skills, and concurrently develops their...