EDIT: jeez, the forum software is really struggling on mobile.
(And to be honest, this incident/apparent lack of reporting seems less likely to me to be from laxness — a Red Line train barreling toward you at 25 mph while you’re trying to work in a subway tunnel with a live third rail sounds absolutely terrifying. It seems a little hard to believe that someone would just shrug that off, say “NBD”, and go home to their spouse that evening saying, “Honey, I’ve got a funny story from work today.”)
I still think most of my follow-up questions apply — why didn’t the crew report it? To your point, it could be a culture of laxness, but it could also be that there wasn’t a proper channel available to (or known to) the crew, or any number of other things.According to the article, the implication is that the track crew simply didn't report the first incident until the second one occurred, effectively reporting both at the same time. If the track crews didn't report it the first time it happened, that speaks to a different safety culture problem, one of laxity and risk normalization.
(And to be honest, this incident/apparent lack of reporting seems less likely to me to be from laxness — a Red Line train barreling toward you at 25 mph while you’re trying to work in a subway tunnel with a live third rail sounds absolutely terrifying. It seems a little hard to believe that someone would just shrug that off, say “NBD”, and go home to their spouse that evening saying, “Honey, I’ve got a funny story from work today.”)