The Short Line Safety Institute has educational and sample materials that cover a range of topics related to safety, safety culture and hazardous materials. Browse our Resources below to see how you may be able to add to your railroad’s library.
Employee Policies
Safety Templates and Samples
This SAP template is an extensive example and may be most useful for larger railroads and/or railroads with many aspects of an SAP already in place. You can adjust this template as necessary to fit the needs of your railroad.
Click here to learn more about safety action plans, or click here to download template Version A.
While still containing all the basics of Version A, this template may be more useful for smaller railroads where formalized programming for all topics may not be appropriate or feasible. You can adjust this template as necessary to fit the needs of your railroad.
Click here to learn more about safety action plans, or click here to download template Version B.
A safety vision articulates what an organization strives to achieve in terms of safety. It serves as a guiding principle for all safety-related initiatives and establishes a shared understanding among employees, management, and stakeholders about the desired future state of safety performance. This fact sheet helps organizations understand what a safety vision is and offers examples of how they might sound.
Click here to view the Safety Vision Fact Sheet.
Using a Safety Tracking Template will help employees track the reporting and resolutions of safety concerns on their railroad. Individuals can also use this template to conduct a trend analysis of safety concerns over time.
Click here to download the worksheet.
After completing a Safety Culture Assessment and reading the final report, railroads can use the Opportunity Resolution Worksheet to organize and prioritize opportunities for improvement.
Click here to download the worksheet.
Click here to view the text.
Using a Job Hazard Analysis Form will help your team to cover all bases in ensuring job safety. Consider refining this form based on commonly performed activities as your railroad.
Using a Job Safety Briefing Form will help your team to cover all the bases to complete tasks as safely as possible.
Click here to view the Mechanical Job Briefing Form.
Click here to view the MOW Signal Job Briefing Form.
Click here to view the job briefing.
Click here to view the policy.
Click here to view the sample matrix.
Task-Specific Aids
Click here to view the HMI, updated in Dec. 2024.
Click here to view.
Click here to view the checklist.