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... 37 Public Transportation Agency Case Studies Process As an initial outreach effort, the research team distributed a 22-question survey (see Appendix B) via e-mail to the 19 transit agencies shown in Table 1 to gain a general understanding of the ESR policies and/or programs at those transit agencies.
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... 38 Characteristics and Elements of Nonpunitive Employee Safety Reporting Systems for Public Transportation Table 1. Transit agencies included in the study.
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... Public Transportation Agency Case Studies 39 Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Was your collective bargaining unit involved in the original design of your reporting program? Do you utilize a third party to manage the system and collect data?
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... 40 Characteristics and Elements of Nonpunitive Employee Safety Reporting Systems for Public Transportation the hazard report form itself, at meetings, in person, via a survey, and through e-mail. While four of the 19 agencies indicated they had not yet solicited feedback on their nonpunitive ESR system, all indicated their intent to solicit feedback in the future.
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... Public Transportation Agency Case Studies 41 Through follow-up correspondence with the transit agencies, the majority (90%) revealed that their contracted employees have some of the same options to report safety concerns as any other agency employee, including the use of safety hotlines.
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... 42 Characteristics and Elements of Nonpunitive Employee Safety Reporting Systems for Public Transportation • One transit agency indicated its hazard reporting policy was a management policy with no discipline-related reference and, thus, stated there was no labor union involvement. • One transit agency indicated that its labor unions had no past involvement in the development or implementation of its hazard reporting program but would be actively involved in any new policy development as the agency transitions to its PTASP, as required under 49 U.S.C.
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... Public Transportation Agency Case Studies 43 There are also performance metrics related to the description of the hazard or event and possible contributing factors that are reported through the survey, including • Hazard/event classification, • Reports by area (facility, equipment, system, security) , • Mode, • Date of hazard/event reported, • Party responsible, and • Root cause.

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