A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana state
department of health, the Indiana occupational safety and health
administration division of the Indiana department of labor, and the
Indiana department of environmental management to review the health
and safety standards at railroad mobile camps.
Whereas, Mobile camps are temporary facilities set up to
house maintenance of way employees who travel throughout
the country to perform maintenance and repair work on
railroad tracks;
Whereas, The Federal Railroad Administration has
established guidelines for clean, safe, and sanitary railroad
mobile camps in the Code of Federal Regulations at 49 CFR
228, Appendix C;
Whereas, Due to the temporary nature of the mobile
railroad camps, oversight and inspection by federal
authorities is limited; and
Whereas, Involvement of appropriate state and local
agencies would help to address, in a more timely manner,
health and safety issues for both the railroad maintenance of
way employees and the residents of the communities in the
area surrounding the mobile camps: Therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives
of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana,
the Senate concurring:
SECTION 1. That the Indiana General Assembly encourages the
railroad companies, railroad employees, and unions to work together
to improve the health and safety of the mobile camps housing
maintenance of way employees.
SECTION 2. That the Indiana General Assembly urges the Indiana
state department of health, the Indiana occupational safety and health
administration division of the Indiana department of labor, and the
Indiana department of environmental management, to the extent
allowed by current law, to inspect the mobile camps housing
maintenance of way employees in Indiana for compliance with the
health and safety guidelines.
SECTION 3. That the Indiana General Assembly urges these
agencies to make recommendations regarding legislative action needed
to help promote more timely and effective enforcement of the health
and safety guidelines for the mobile camps and to submit a report to the
legislative council on or before November 1, 2006.
SECTION 4. That the Principal Clerk of the House of
Representatives transmit a copy of this resolution to the commissioner
of the Indiana state department of health, the commissioner of the
Indiana department of Labor, the commissioner of the Indiana
department of environmental management, and the legislative director
of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees.