Scenario 8.1: SaFE The Safety for Everyone (SaFE)program at Canadian Rails (CR)encourages Peer-On-Peer

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Scenario 8.1: SaFE
The Safety For Everyone (SaFE) program at Canadian Rails (CR) encourages peer-on-peer safety."SaFE observers" provide positive and constructive feedback to peers during a shift.At-risk behaviours are discussed in confidence and corrected on the spot.General observations are noted by the SaFE observer and shared with supervisors for future analysis.Several weeks ago CR experienced a train crash in which several employees were injured.Many employees are emotional and shocked that this occurred as CR has extensive health and safety policies and practices to ensure public safety of which SaFE is only one of many health and safety initiatives.There had also been a high number of injuries by employees working in the Canadian Rails shipyards.
-Please refer to Scenario 8.1.The Transportation Safety Board investigation into the CR train crash found that some rail crew members in safety-critical positions regularly smoked cannabis between shifts.During the investigation,the CEO of CR reacted emotionally,requesting publicly that he wanted the TSB to recommend mandatory drug testing of all CN employees.What is the problem with the CEO's public statement?

• A)CR has a zero tolerance drug policy
• B)there is not a problem,public safety is at risk so drug testing is required
• C)drug testing is not prohibited in Canada
• D)random drug testing should only take place with employees in safety-sensitive positions,not all employees

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