Stakeholder All four systems have All employees Anyone involved with Any employee covered Any employee covered Involvement actively engaged all covered under safety-critical under the implementing the implementing MOU can and industry stakeholders in the operations can MOU can report safety report safety concerns the process. The implementing report safety concerns without fear of without fear of retaliation or confidential nature of MOU can report concerns. All reports retaliation or discipline. discipline. All reports are the reporting systems safety concerns. are given equal All reports are given given equal weight. PRT equal priority to All reports are weight. equal weight. PRT structure involves all reports made by any given equal Results are reported structure involves all stakeholders in the analysis individual, regardless of weight. The ERC industry-wide stakeholders in the of reports, empowering position within an structure through alert analysis of reports, those involved to put their organization. involves multiple bulletins, empowering those unique perspectives and stakeholders in newsletters, involved to put their experience to work the analysis of teleconferences, and unique perspectives and improving safety conditions. reports. participation in experience to work Trends are not reported industry and improving safety beyond the individual government forums. conditions. Trends are railroad in most cases. not reported beyond the individual railroad in most cases.
Stakeholder Involvement and All four systems have actively engaged all industry stakeholders in the process. The confidential nature of the reporting systems equal priority to reports made by any individual, regardless of position within an organization. All employees covered under the implementing MOU can report safety concerns. All reports are given equal weight. The ERC structure involves multiple stakeholders in the analysis of reports. Anyone involved with safety-critical operations can report safety concerns. All reports are given equal weight. Results are reported industry-wide through alert bulletins, newsletters, teleconferences, and participation in industry and government forums. Any employee covered under the implementing MOU can report safety concerns without fear of retaliation or discipline. All reports are given equal weight. PRT structure involves all stakeholders in the analysis of reports, empowering those involved to put their unique perspectives and experience to work improving safety conditions. Trends are not reported beyond the individual railroad in most cases. Any employee covered the implementing MOU can report safety concerns without fear of retaliation or discipline. All reports are given equal weight. PRT structure involves all stakeholders in the analysis of reports, empowering those involved to put their unique perspectives and experience to work improving safety conditions. Trends are not reported beyond the individual railroad in most cases.
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