The Daily CSX: Conductor in fatal South Carolina train crash said safety declined under CSX turnaround plan

 

A day after he made a mistake that caused a deadly train crash outside Columbia, a CSX conductor pointed investigators’ attention to another safety issue: the railroad’s fast-changing culture.

The conductor, Michael Vargo, told investigators that he didn’t feel safety was a priority under E. Hunter Harrison, the hard-charging chief executive who was brought in last year to improve the company’s performance.

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