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Impact of Rail Trespasser Fatalities & Suicide on Mental Health and Safety Culture of Rail Transportation Workers

项目名称：	Impact of Rail Trespasser Fatalities & Suicide on Mental Health and Safety Culture of Rail Transportation Workers
摘要：	Trespasser fatalities and railroad suicide are significant concerns of the rail industry and the Federal Railroad Administration. Approximately 289 individuals commit suicide each year on the U.S. rail system accounting for almost one third of the fatalities related to railroad operations in the U.S. Railroad carriers alone cannot solve this tragic loss of life. The proposed project will assess the impact of exposure to trespasser fatalities and suicide on the mental health, safety and perceived safety culture of railroad workers and related first responders, law enforcement, and others. Several measures designed to assess compassion fatigue, secondary trauma, awareness of common myths associated with suicide and corporate safety culture will be administered to a sample of railroad workers and other key first line responders who will be attending railroad safety briefings and a rail suicide awareness program. The proposed research is expected to benefit railroad employees and related personnel by documenting the impact of railroad trespasser suicide and fatalities on perceived safety culture and lead to creating a checklist for identifying the effects associated with these events. The project will also promote awareness of effects and possible prevention techniques for responding to these events.
状态：	Active
资金：	583630
资助组织：	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
管理组织：	Mountain-Plains Consortium
项目负责人：	Tolliver, Denver
执行机构：	National Center for Intermodal Transportation
主要研究人员：	Sherry, Patrick；Pusavat, Andi
开始时间：	20220525
预计完成日期：	20230731
主题领域：	Railroads；Safety and Human Factors