Crew fatigue News

Report: Operator Error Caused 2015 Wisconsin Train Derailment

Federal investigators said crew fatigue may have contributed to the derailment of a BNSF freight train that spilled more than 20,000 gallons of ethanol last year in western Wisconsin. The engineer and the conductor scored poorly on the Federal Railroad …

NTSB: Crew Fatigue Main Cause of Deadly 2014 Arkansas Train Crash

Crew fatigue brought on by irregular work schedules and a moderate form of sleep apnea is the primary reason behind a middle-of-the-night train crash that killed two Union Pacific workers and injured two others in northern Arkansas, the National Transportation …