David A. Bolger Tel. The inspection has been initiated to determine ways to improve railroad safety as a result of the Union Pacific's involvement in three railroad collisions resulting in the deaths of 7 people and millions of dollars in property damage over the past three months. Five other Union Pacific employees have been killed in five separate incidents since January of this year.
Safety is our highest priority.
This system-wide safety review will provide us with critical operational information for us to improve safety on this railroad. The FRA started to review of Union Pacific operations Saturday, August 23, with a moderate deployment of operating practices safety specialists at various points on the UP system. Chicago, Denver, Ft. The FRA Administrator and senior FRA officials will be meeting this week in Washington with the CEO of Union Pacific, Jerry Davis, and senior UP officials to review preliminary findings of the team inspections. As a result of the collision, two crew members were killed as well as two stowaways.