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Familiar faces Former RAC executives reflect on the association’s role in shaping Canada’s railway industry. Des visages familiers D’anciens dirigeants de l’ACFC réfléchissent à l’importance de l’association pour le secteur ferroviaire. By/Par Sarah B. Hood Mike Lowenger – 18+ years with RAC Mike Lowenger has been a railroader for more than 40 years, first with CN and later with RAC, where he was the association’s Chief Safety Culture Officer before retiring in late 2016. “It’s been a good ride,” he says. Lowenger says that some of his most meaningful work with RAC has been in the area of safety culture. “The board decided we needed to use RAC as a mechanism to improve safety culture within the industry, and we were very successful,” he says. “And that will go on after I leave.” In its investigation into the July Mike Lowenger 2013 accident in Lac-Mégantic, the Transportation Safety Board said that “An organization with a strong safety culture is generally proactive when it comes to addressing safety issues.” It also made recommendations aimed at addressing safety issues. “We take these recommendations seriously; we developed a safety culture assessment and improvement model, and we’ve applied it to several railways already. In the following years, we will refine it and use it with other members.” The Central Maine and Quebec Railway, the new owners of the railway line that operates in Lac-Mégantic, was the first to use company the model, followed by GO Transit and Cando Rail Services. “In all cases, senior management accepted all our recommendations,” Lowenger says. The program benefits from a strong steering committee and the involvement of safety culture experts at St. Mary’s University. “We’re also developing tools to help companies understand and raise awareness of safety culture,” Lowenger says. “That’s what the RAC has been doing for 100 years: where there is broad industry consensus, doing things that benefit all members, whether it’s in terms of advocacy, technical services, research or Mike Lowenger, 18 ans à l’ACFC Mike Lowenger a travaillé plus de 40 ans dans les chemins de fer, d’abord au CN, puis à l’ACFC, où il était chef de la culture de sécurité avant sa retraite à la fin de 2016. « Ça a été une belle ballade », lance-t-il, avant d’ajouter que c’est dans la culture de la sécurité que l’association fait la plus grosse différence. « Le CA a décidé que l’ACFC devait servir à améliorer la culture de sécurité à l’échelle sectorielle. Cela marche très bien et les efforts se poursuivront après mon départ. » Le Bureau de la sécurité des transports, dans son enquête sur l’accident de juillet 2013 à Lac-Mégantic, a dit qu’« une organisation qui a une solide culture de sécurité est généralement proactive dans la prise de mesures pour régler les lacunes de sécurité ». Il a formulé des recommandations sur la prise de telles mesures. « Nous prenons ces recommandations au sérieux, souligne M. Lowenger. Nous avons élaboré un modèle d’évaluation et d’amélioration de la culture de sécurité, que nous avons déjà appliqué à plusieurs chemins de fer et que nous continuons à peaufiner. » La première entreprise à utiliser ce modèle a été le nouveau propriétaire de la ligne qui traverse Lac- Mégantic, Chemins de fer du centre du Maine et du Québec, suivie de GO Transit et de Cando Rail Services. « Les hautes directions ont toutes accepté nos recommandations », poursuit M. Lowenger. Le programme de culture de la sécurité s’appuie sur un solide comité d’orientation et l’apport d’experts de l’Université St. Mary’s. « Nous préparons aussi des outils qui aideront les entreprises à instaurer une culture de sécurité. C’est ce que fait l’ACFC depuis 100 ans : devant un consensus sectoriel, elle pose des gestes qui profitent à l’ensemble de ses membres, qu’il s’agisse de représentation, de Railway Association of Canada / Association des chemins de fer du Canada 55
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