Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, General Railway Workers’ Union, United Pointsmen and Signalmen’s Society, Railway Clerks’ Association. Re Amalgamation. Report of Conference Held in the Deansgate Hotel, Manchester, On The 3rd February, 1906

2021 ◽  
pp. 95-106
Author(s):  
W. Hamish Fraser
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Author(s):  
S. Gorokhova ◽  
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N. Belozerova ◽  
M. Buniatyan ◽  

Abstract: Obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome (OSA) is a common condition that may lead to excessive daytime sleepiness, cognitive disturbance, and a decreased concentration that are associated with the risk of workplace accidents and injuries. It is difficult to diagnose OSA due to low severity and specificity of its symptoms and special requirements in respect of medical resources. We assumed that it would be more effective and cost-efficient to diagnose OSA in railway workers with such risk factors f coronary heart disease as arterial hypertension and metabolic disorders since this group receives comprehensive medical attention. However, no studies on the prevalence of OSA in railway workers specifically considered the risk factors for coronary artery disease. The aim of the study was to assess the prevalence of OSA in railway workers with confirmed cardiovascular and metabolic disorders that did not disqualify them from their job. Material and methods. The study included 967 railway workers (locomotive drivers and their assistants). On Stage 1, a group of participants suspected OSA was selected; and on Stage 2, a group of participants with confirmed OSA was formed. Polysomnography or cardiorespiratory monitoring were used to diagnose OSA. Results. We developed a two-step algorithm of OSA diagnosis that included a preliminary assessment of the probability of OSA. 236 (24.4%) participants with a probability of OSA were selected among the initial 967 persons with risk factors for coronary artery disease. Further assessment confirmed OSA in 141 (60%) participants in this group. The analysis of distribution of risk factors for coronary artery disease and OSA showed that 125 (53.0%) of patients with BMI ≥ 30 kg/m², 115 (48.7%) of patients with AH, and 26 (11.0%) of patients with type 2 diabetes had OSA; most of them had some combination of these risk factors. Conclusions: OSA is prevalent in the group of professionally active locomotive drivers and their assistants with risk factors for coronary heart disease; every second worker in a target group with BMI ≥ 30 kg/m², AH or with both risk factors was diagnosed with OSA. The proposed two-step algorithm with a pre-test assessment of OSA probability and subsequent instrumental examination (cardiorespiratory monitoring, polysomnography) allows to accurately diagnosis OSA and allocate medical resources in a cost-effective manner.


2007 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 135-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milan Markovic ◽  
Milos Ivic ◽  
Norbert Pavlovic ◽  
Sladjana Jankovic

In this paper the idea of treating the operational service workers as the elements of technique systems is suggested and the renewal theory is used to forecast the number of accidents caused by human factor. The analytical model is presented and limitations for its application are quoted. Furthermore, the simulation model is developed and the conditions for its use are given. The model observes each worker separately and establishes the exact time of arisen failures, the number of failures at some moment t, time tn, to the nth failure, inconsistency of failure number and total number of failures of the observed population. The model is tested on the sample of 348 engine drivers in PE "Serbian Railways" who have made at leas one accident, in order to research the parameters necessary for using the renewal theory and simulation. .


2005 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-103
Author(s):  
Wayne Simpson ◽  
Frank Peters

The purpose of this paper is to examine the economics of the mileage payment System, to understand the problems created for the union and C.P.R. management and to examine potential solutions to the problem.


2021 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 115-127
Author(s):  
Artur Ogurek

The article is an attempt to present the changes in legal status of railway workers as a result of the militarization of railways in Poland in the second half of the 1940s, including the context and consequences of the militarization process. Literature research as well as query and analysis of legal acts led us to the conclusion that as a result of recognizing PKP employees as called up for military service, their subordination for committed crimes, the jurisdiction of the Military Prosecutor’s Office of the Polish State Railways, and the Military Court of PKP were established. In the article I also describe the main factors of the transformation the special justice system underwent in the analyzed period, proving that it was not the first militarization of the railways in Poland, as well as that the legal acts introducing the militarization in 1944 referred to — at least partially — the tradition of the previous double militarization of railways in the Second Polish Republic.


2006 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 187-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. C. Gauchard ◽  
J. M. Mur ◽  
C. Touron ◽  
L. Benamghar ◽  
D. Dehaene ◽  
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2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 340-346
Author(s):  
Iveta Dabašinskienė

The most important and biggest railway station in Telšiai as a part of one of the first railroads Kretinga – Telšiai – Kužiai built in the interwar period is examined in this article. A variety of elements of the station’s infrastructure with special attention to passenger stations, houses for railway workers and warehouses (pakhauze) are revealed in the article. The significance of Lietūkis warehouses founded in the territory of the station and their connections with the railroad are discussed. Moreover, the arrangement of Telšiai Station buildings in the territory are analyzed and compared to the preserved site plan of the station and photo of the situation dated back to the Second World War taken by Germans from the air. While comparing the available sources, urban developments of the station area are discussed. The analysis material is based on archival sources, the interwar documentary publications and research of the location. Straipsnyje nagrinėjama vienos pirmųjų tarpukariu tiestos geležinkelio trasos Kretinga–Telšiai–Kužiai svarbiausia ir didžiausia stotis Telšiuose. Atskleidžiama šios stoties infrastruktūros elementų įvairovė, ypatingas dėmesys skiriamas keleivių rūmams, geležinkelininkų gyvenamiesiems namams, prekių sandėliams (pakhauzams). Aptariama stoties teritorijoje įsteigto Lietūkio sandėlių reikšmė ir sąsajos su geležinkelininkų. Analizuojamas Telšių stoties pastatų išdėstymas teritorijoje, lyginamas su išlikusiu šios stoties situacijos planu bei Antrojo pasaulinio karo metų vokiečių užfiksuota toponuotrauka iš oro. Lyginant turimus šaltinius, aptariami urbanistiniai stoties teritorijos pokyčiai. Rengiant straipsnį remiasi archyviniais šaltiniais, dokumentinėmis tarpukario publikacijomis, vietos tyrimais.


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