Safety

"The Federal Railroad Administration found during its checks that between 13% and 15% of all the cars still had defects after they were inspected by the railroads. But most of the problems federal inspectors found then weren’t the kind of thing that would cause a derailment. The most common issues the railroads missed were things like bent hand rails workers use when climbing on cars."

https://apnews.com/article/railroad-safety-rushed-inspections-derailments-norfolk-southern-22f978cb6dbb0cb457953c06cc95f5d0?fbclid=IwY2xjawGcW5lleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHQFXyZDZ10b9-Jy-UHYOC0-i_rP6yRnAvyPRzvY3OakYCp5d9gnjmGyuKw_aem_V_qdAwi0LEzRyuUM_AjjSg