NS’s Barringer succeeds CSX’s Stayton as OLI board chair

William “Bill” Barringer, director of grade crossing safety at Norfolk Southern, has been named chairman of Operation Lifesaver’s 14-member board of directors. Barringer succeeds Cliff Stayton, director of hazardous materials programs at CSX Transportation.

OLI CEO to address highway safety group

Members of the National Association of Women Highway Safety Leaders 2013 Conference in San Diego, Calif., are slated for a safety reminder involving roads and railroads, courtesy of Operation Lifesaver, Inc. President and CEO Joyce Rose.

Railroad tracks: A good place to work, but not to walk

Statistics released by the Federal Railroad Administration June 28 show that railroads remain a safe place to work. In this year’s first four months, only one employee was killed vs. three in the same period last year.