London Ontario - Today, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) released its
Investigation Report R17T0170 into a July 2017 occurrence in
London, Ontario, during which a Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) employee was injured after falling from a train in the Quebec St. Yard.
The TSB is releasing this limited-scope investigation report to highlight the importance of completing timely vegetation control along the railway right-of-way
so that vegetation obstructions do not compromise safe railway operations.
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