Analytics Helps Union Pacific Become the Safest U.S. Railroad

Union Pacific recently announced that, for the second year in a row, it has been the top-performing railroad in employee safety.  Furthermore, 2016 was the safest year in their 154 year history.

While the railroad has undertaken a decade-long pursuit to improve safety incident rates, they attribute a recent “step function” change in their downward trend to an approach rooted in data and predictive analytics.

Watch this four-minute segment of a presentation by Union Pacific’s chief safety officer to get an overview of their experience in applying analytics to help them keep their employees, and the public, safe.

No matter the state of your safety-related data in your organization, the odds are very good that you can start to quickly reap the benefits of an analytical approach to your safety programs.   Learn more by watching this webcast hosted by SAS and featuring First Analytics.