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Dear Fellow Railroad Workers:
An Amtrak employee was struck and killed by a train while working with a crew on tracks in Lancaster County on Monday morning. Jeremy Charles, 39, died at the scene of the collision in East Lampeter Township, the Lancaster County Coroner's Office said. The crash happened around 11:30 a.m. and the train was traveling on the Harrisburg Line, which connects the state capital with 30th Street Station in Philadelphia.
Amtrak suspended service for the entire Keystone route for the remainder of Monday Amtrak declined to provide more details about the fatal collision. No other injuries were reported. The Lancaster County Coroner's Office is investigating to determine Charles' cause of death.
If more information becomes available RWU will share in an upcoming Rail and Labor News Digest.
While we are saddened at the news of Brother Jeremy's' death, we must double our resolve to build a safer workplace where such tragedies are not so commonplace.
The Railroad Workers United Program for Fallen Rails urges you to do the following on behalf of our Brother, his friends and family, co-workers and all railroad workers:
Commit yourself to following up on how and why he was killed. What is the behind-the-scenes story? What role did unsafe conditions, including short staffing, crew fatigue, inadequate training and/or qualifying, deferred maintenance, or other factors play in this fellow worker’s death?
Get involved in the national movement against blame the worker “behavior-based safety” programs. Help build real union-based safety committees and programs that focus on hazard elimination and do not ignore the underlying causes of accidents, injuries and fatalities sustained on the job. For more information, see the webpage https://www.railroadworkersunited.org/oppose-behavior-based-safety
Take part in the RWU annual Railroad Workers Memorial Day each April 28th. For more information, see the webpage https://www.railroadworkersunited.org/fallen-rails-memorial-day
Join RWU and fight to build solidarity and unity among all railroad workers, and make safer workplaces for all.
Thank you.
Railroad Workers United
P.S. Please forward this email to fellow railroad workers.
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