Leaked audio reveals US rail workers were told to skip inspections as Ohio crash prompts scrutiny to industry: "employee says manager told her to stop marking cars for repair, as Ohio derailment brings hard look at industry’s record of blocking safety rules"

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[–]Brewdabier 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This was on reddit, my comment. I call BS, A defect detector does the job and it can be heard audio by the engineer and conductor so why would they ignore the dangers knowing it could kill them. My bet is railroad employees is intentionally disregarding inspections to force the railroad into paying higher wedges.

Did you forget the strike they wanted.

[–]are 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

root cause, sadly , was partially...

..."muh diversity hires"