Culture & SHARP
This term describes at-risk "shortcuts" that eventually become normalized habits.
What is Procedural Drift?
Per Bulletin 26-01, this is the required frequency for a manager to perform an audit.
What is EVERY Field Visit?
This new rule mandates radio notification when entering or vacating the trackway.
What is Rule 3.71(k)?
This person's primary role is "Safe Oversight" rather than "Task Execution."
Who is the Supervisor?
This group's responsibility involves developing and implementing agency‑wide safety and health policies, procedures and programs that advance organizational priorities in partnership with every MTA operating agency.
Who is MTA Safety?
Programs offer a multi-tiered approach to workplace safety by targeting specific roles. Supervisors receive training on maintaining safe environments, mastering the Supervisors' Checklist, and effective safety briefings, while managers are trained to conduct site audits to ensure accountability. The program features personalized coaching for employees with unsatisfactory audit results, utilizing one-on-one sessions to analyze their decision-making processes and realign their habits with a safety-first culture.
What is SHARP?
The total number of items/checks on the standardized Managerial Audit checklist.
What is 22?
These two foundational manuals are the focus of the Positive Compliance Directive in Bulletin 25-46.
What are the RWP Manual and the Track Access Guide (TAG)?
An individual with leadership and skills tasked with leading, planning, staffing and organizing an area of jurisdiction.
What is a Manager?
This Division develops safety plans, policies, procedures and Safety Goal Action Plans while providing expertise in hazard analysis, environmental management and accident investigation.
Who is the Office of System Safety?
Any long-standing frequent practice that is accepted and known about by both the union and management.
What is “Past Practice”?
Job-specific meetings conducted by the supervisor to discuss safety rules, potential hazards, and safe work practices.
What is the safety briefing/toolbox Safety talk?
This DOS Bulletin provides guidelines for establishing a safe right-of-way work environment.
What is Bulletin 25-31?
This must never take precedence over the physical safety of the workforce.
What is Production?
This Departmental Division develops and maintains safety programs, including training and inspections, assists in accident investigations, implements corrective actions, and risk mitigations.
Who is the DOS Safety?