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                Fatality Analysis of Maintenance-of-way Employees and Signalmen (FAMES)
    

    
    
    
      The Fatality Analysis of Maintenance-of-way Employees and Signalmen (FAMES) Committee was formed by FRA in collaboration with railroad labor and management representatives as an ad-hoc, voluntary, consensus-based committee.

The FAMES Committee analyzes fatalities and other incidents, focusing on identifying risks, trends, and factors affecting roadway worker safety. The FAMES Committee will periodically issue findings and recommendations to reduce the risk of future occurrences and eliminate fatalities to roadway workers.

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        **Introduction to the FAMES Committee**
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      **FAMES Alerts**
        FAMES Alert [Feb 13, 2024]
	FAMES Alert [Jan 15.2024]
	FAMES Alert [Dec 20, 2023]
	FAMES Alert [Aug 7, 2023]
	FAMES Alert [Nov 14, 2022]
	FAMES Alert [Nov 8, 2022]
	FAMES Alert [Dec 8, 2021]
	FAMES Alert  [Jan 2, 2021]
	FAMES Alert [Nov 17, 2020]
  


      **Safety Alerts**
        Safety Alert: Roadway Maintenance Machines [Mar 19, 2024]
	Safety Alert: Roadway Worker Good Faith Challenge [Feb 12, 2024 ]
	Fourth Quarter Safety Alert [Oct 5, 2023]
	Safety Alert: Inaccessible Track [July 17, 2023]
	FAMES Alert: Device Distraction [Jan 26, 2023]
  


      **Reports**
        The Importance of Effective On-Track Safety Briefings [July 26, 2023]
	Fatalities on Adjacent Tracks [Mar 1, 2023]
	FAMES: Safety on Railroad Bridges [Nov 1, 2022]
	Fatal Accidents Involving Roadway Workers-In-Charge and Lone Workers [Jun 2, 2022]
	Fatal Striking Accidents with Roadway Maintenance Machines Present [Feb 2022]
	Roadway Workers Fatally Injured by Trains or On-Track Equipment in Multiple Track Territory [Feb 10, 2021]
	Fatal Accident Patterns - Hours of Day [Oct 8, 2018]
	Fatal Accidents Under Train Approach Warning (Watchman/Lookout) [Jun 15, 2018]
	Worker Safety at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings [Aug 29, 2016]
	Fatalities in Controlled Points/Manual Interlockings [Feb 27, 2015]

    
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