CP Rail failed to identify hazards linked to deadly derailment, Transport Canada finds

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Transport Canada has concluded CP Rail failed to properly identify safety hazards in the B.C. mountains following a workplace fatality investigation into a train derailment which killed three workers, CBC News has learned.

Andy Dockrell, Dylan Paradis and Daniel Waldenberger-Bulmer were killed on Feb. 4, 2019 when their 2-kilometre long freight train, with failing brakes, ran away down a steep mountain and derailed into a creek near Field, B.C.

The regulator has given CP Rail until the end of this week to fix the problems, according to a notice dated Sept. 23 from Transport Canada, stamped confidential and posted inside CP's Calgary headquarters, which was obtained by CBC News.
 
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Transport Canada has concluded CP Rail failed to properly identify safety hazards in the B.C. mountains following a workplace fatality investigation into a train derailment which killed three workers, CBC News has learned.

Andy Dockrell, Dylan Paradis and Daniel Waldenberger-Bulmer were killed on Feb. 4, 2019 when their 2-kilometre long freight train, with failing brakes, ran away down a steep mountain and derailed into a creek near Field, B.C.

The regulator has given CP Rail until the end of this week to fix the problems, according to a notice dated Sept. 23 from Transport Canada, stamped confidential and posted inside CP's Calgary headquarters, which was obtained by CBC News.
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Sad event, to many brake failures at that grade location. Wonder if train Fred was working.
 
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