Colette Bordelon is a reporter with Denver7.
DENVER — The National Transportation Safety Board believes a broken rail is likely what caused a deadly train derailment in Pueblo last week, which shut down both directions of Interstate 25 for days.
“You're on call 24/7, 365 days. It doesn't matter when, where, you're ready to go. And whether or not, you're going to do the job anyways," the rail worker said. “The lack of sleep is one of the major things that we have to deal with... We have no life.” “Trains are getting longer, they're getting heavier, but the reaction time still might be the same from the conductor," he said. “The public doesn't really know what goes on in our industry, as to the work, the amount of stress, the exhaustion levels, the safety levels. You know, it's very hush hush.”
The FRA does not have a specific term for when there's a death on the tracks. The term"incident" is used to describe"situations resulting in casualties or for-grade crossing collisions." Railroads are responsible for reporting fatalities, injuries and illnesses to the FRA. Following the death that the Colorado rail worker Denver7 spoke to experienced, he said the mental health support he received was inadequate.
Denver7 spoke with the anonymous rail worker months before the Pueblo derailment, and he predicted that an unfortunate derailment would shine a light on the issues within the industry.
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