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The Short Line Safety Institute has a variety of educational materials that cover a range of topics related to safety, safety culture, leadership and HazMat.  Use the sort feature below to access materials to add to your railroad’s library.

Safety Culture

Webinar: Assessor Series – Programs

This webinar focuses on available tools and resources that may help strengthen leadership’s commitment to safety and many of the other ten core elements on…

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Safety Culture

Webinar: Ask the Assessors

The Short Line Safety Institute’s assessors discuss the Safety Culture Assessment process and answer your questions. SLSI assessors have traveled across the country visiting and…

Webinars and Videos
Safety Culture

Webinar: Assessor Series – Communication

This webinar series focuses on three main categories: communication, programs, and trust. This webinar focuses on the impact of effective communication, how it impacts your…

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Safety Culture

Webinar: A Class I Safety Overview

This webinar features a discussion of safety programs at CSX and includes a review of the importance of safety for CSX and its interchanging partners.…

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Safety Culture

Track Defects

This Safety Tip discusses track defects and how they can be reduced.

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Safety Culture

Transportation Job Safety Briefing

Click here to view the job briefing.

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Status of Safety Culture in the Industry

Click here to read a Research Results paper about the status of safety culture in the short line and regional railroad industry.

Research Articles
Safety Culture

SLSI Model of Assessing Safety Culture

Click here to read a Research Results paper about the SLSI’s model for conducting Safety Culture Assessments (SCAs).

Research Articles
Safety Culture

SLSI Safety Culture Across Two Railroads

Click here to read a Research Results Paper that suggests that the ‘SCA process and follow-up support hold promise for strengthening railroad safety culture.

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The Short Line Safety Institute (SLSI) is a non-profit organization that conducts Safety Culture Assessments, provides Hazardous Material Instructor, Leadership Development, and Structured Problem Solving programs, and is the educational, training and research source for short line, regional, historic, tourism, passenger, and commuter railroads concerning safety culture. The SLSI heightens safety culture awareness through assessments, feedback, research, communication, and identifying opportunities.

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