FRA pitches in to aid railroads' safety efforts

摘要

Railroads do a lot to keep safety front and center, but they don't have to do it all alone. The Federal Railroad Administration's (FRA) is there to help, agency officials say.rnTo that end, the FRA has several programs in place to complement railroads' efforts.rnLaunched in 1998, Switching and Operations Fatality Analysis (SOFA) is a program whose activities are geared toward achieving a goal of zero switching fatalities. In 1999, the SOFA Working Group issued a report detailing the cause of injuries and fatalities related to switching operations.