TSB Calls for Stricter Rules on Medical Fitness Assessments After Alberta Train Crash

Transportation Safety Board recommends change after 2023 eastern Alberta train derailment

CN Railway accepted several incomplete health assessments prior to a locomotive engineer experiencing a medical emergency while supervising a trainee, resulting in a crash between two trains in eastern Alberta in 2023.

TSB calls for stricter rules on medical fitness assessments after Alberta train crash

The Transportation Safety Board is calling on the federal government to strengthen its oversight of how railways assess whether employees are medically fit for work. The call comes after an investigation into a 2023 collision between two Canadian National Railway trains near Wainwright, Alta., about 200 kilometres southeast of Edmonton. No one was injured in […]

TSB calls for stricter medical fitness assessments after Wainwright train collision

The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) is asking the federal government to strengthen oversights on medical assessments for train operators. The call comes after an investigation into a 2023 train collision in Wainwright, Alta., revealed an engineer was cleared to work despite incomplete assessments.

TSB calls for stricter medical fitness assessment rules after Alberta train crash

The call comes after an investigation into a 2023 collision between two Canadian National Railway trains near Wainwright, about 200 kilometres southeast of Edmonton.

TSB calls for stricter rules on medical fitness assessments after Alberta train crash

WAINWRIGHT - The Transportation Safety Board is calling on the federal government to strengthen its oversight of how railways assess whether employees are medically fit for work.