1. C³RS Year in Review at Metra
Presented by:
Jeff Knudsen, General Chairman ARASA
Nicole McGann, Manager, Safety Reporting & Risk Reduction
Curt Ortero, Local Chairman BMWED
Robert Tellin, Road Foreman of Engines

2. Year in Review
Pushing our ambassadors to get out into the field and promote the program
Will have them go out into the field a few times a year to switch out our communication pieces
Keep them engaged in the program
Excited about the new MCIA software for data tracking and trend analysis (when it’s available???)
Working through growing pains, discuss the issue with Pete on the Rock

3. Successes and Challenges
Have worked very well as a team
Experienced some turnover with ATDA and TCU representatives
Held ‘mini camps’ for those new members to acclimate them into the process
Had a few bumps in the beginning of the program
Understanding the IMOU and getting into ‘real world’ application proved a challenge
Overcoming the ‘union vs. management’ mentality

4. Case History Analysis 227 cases reviewed 194 cases worked
Speeding – 53
Headlights – 41
Proper Track authority – 20
Proper Blocking Device – 9
33 cases involving unknown events were not deemed close calls for various reasons

5. Case History Analysis, cont.

6. Case History Analysis, cont.
Breakdown by Craft:
ATDA - 25
BLET - 153
SMART - 56
TCU – 1
11 Known cases vs. 191 Unknown cases – 5.4% known
Known events involving pending discipline:
8 Covered vs. 3 Not Covered

7. Cases by Craft

8. Training Training for new employees
New Assistant Conductors receive a 45 minute training session on their graduation day
New external engineers receive a training session before they go out running on our equipment
Dispatchers receive C³RS Training when they are hired by one of our Process Managers
Looking now at how new Mechanical, Engineering, and Police employees will be trained

9. The Partnership
Working through growing pains, discuss the issue with Pete on the Rock

10. Corrective Action: Speed Tags

11. Corrective Action: Speed Tags
Over 50% of Metra operated districts no longer display yellow boards
Districts include: MD-W, MD-N, NCS, HC
Total speeding cases reviewed by the PRT: 53 or 27%
Job aid for engineers to utilize as they see fit

12. Transportation Corrective Actions Hang Tags

13. Corrective Action: Headlight Switch/Button

14. Corrective Action: Headlight Button/Switch
Requesting a push button interrupter switch that has to be physically depressed to have the headlight display dim and will automatically return to bright when released.

15. Corrective Action: Headlight Button/Switch

16. Corrective Action: Headlight Button/Switch

17. Corrective Action: Headlight Button/Switch

18. Corrective Action: LATA Box Placement

19. Corrective Action: LATA Box Placement

20. Corrective Action: LATA Box Placement
MRI Section 4 page 4 dictates where the designated ADA car is to be placed in the consist.
The LATA box placement on all districts is located in the cab car of the train, while the designated ADA car is located in different positions in the train, which creates inconsistency system wide

21. Ongoing Projects Lights on signal bungalows Car markers
Currently the lights are on all the time, if power goes out, the light goes off
Looking at possibly flipping that operation or putting in a colored lens/light
Car markers
Placed in inconsistent locations, making it difficult to properly spot accessible car
Looking at marking all platforms in a uniform manner
Working through growing pains, discuss the issue with Pete on the Rock

22. Next Steps… Transportation’s support of new program Joint PRT meetings
Many of the Transportation PRT members aided in the roll out of the Mechanical and Engineering/Police
Joint PRT meetings
Once the new PRT’s are up and running, will have a joint meeting to aid the new groups in MCIA training and handling reports
Will schedule quarterly meetings to ensure we learn to communicate as the program progresses
Working through growing pains, discuss the issue with Pete on the Rock

23. Mechanical and Engineering/Police Implementation

24. IMOU Signing
Stakeholders – provided a lot of insight into the program and helped with the roll out, answered employees questions
Communication – within the PRT, labor organizations

25. Metra Messenger

26. C³RS Brochure

27. Ambassador/Management Training
Mechanical – June 6th – 8th at three major shops
Engineering – June 13th-14th at two shops, makeup day at corporate headquarters on the 15th
Format - Divided into three parts
IMOU Overview
PowerPoint Presentation
Q & A Session
Handouts
Metra’s IMOU
PRT’s Mission Statement
“Sample copy of a de-identified report from NASA (we collected them after each session)

28. Roll Out Week - Mechanical June 20th – 26th
Monday evening – Fox 11 pm Tuesday – am, 18th pm, 2:30 pm Wednesday – 12:30 pm, Western Ave 12:30 pm, 2:30 pm, 4:30 pm Thursday – 9:45 am, 47th am, 49th 10:15 am, 51st 12:30 pm Thursday evening – Orland 5 pm, Richton Park/University 11:40 pm/12:00 am Blue Island 12:00 am, 2:00 am

29. Roll Out Week - Engineering June 27th – 30th
Monday – Mokena Wire 9 am; 179th 11 am Tuesday – Blue Island 6 9 am; 11 am; 12:30 pm Wednesday – 9 am and 1 pm Thursday – Western Ave 6 9 am and 1 pm

30. Rollout a Success
The rollout for the Mechanical, Engineering and Police departments went smoothly and we are looking forward to building on that success. We were able to reach over ¾ of our field employees.
Stakeholders – provided a lot of insight into the program and helped with the roll out, answered employees questions
Communication – within the PRT, labor organizations

31. Questions?