Re: Fatality at Ashfield

["Exnarc" <gwrly@netspace.net.au>]

Wizzer1865 <wizzer1865@aol.com> wrote in message
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> >In the beginning you say "No, read my words", at the end you say "The
trauma
> >will not be
> >as bad", so seeing through that contradiction the answer to my question
is
> >YES!
> >
> >Now, READ MY WORDS!
> >
> >I am not doubting the fact for one second that the truama the driver
suffers
> >is servere. I AGREE WITH YOU!!! My initial question to you was that did
the
> >guard suffer any truama at a fatality since you left the the guard out in
> >your original post.
> >So, at night,(or day for that matter) the driver hits something but
doesn't
> >know what it was. The guard has to take a walk to assertain what was hit,
> >wouldn't he/she?. He/she does this and it happens to be a fatality. So,
the
> >driver didn't see the person or their expression but the guards sees all
the
> >bits and pieces and maybe even a person who is still alive. Going by what
> >you have said this sort of fatality mustn't happen by the way you firmly
> >made your point above.
> >My suggestion to you is that truama is experienced by BOTH members of the
> >train crew in ANY fatality but the level of truama of each member depends
on
> >the circumstances!
>
> True, but what about here in Victoria where the driver is the only one on
the
> train, is his grief going to be more because he is doing the job of two
people
> or less because he is the only one.This is not a challenge simply a
question
> that is not being looked at from a different perspective.

The fact that a train is DOO or not would not have any effect, trauma and
stress affect different people different ways.

The Driver would, as was said earlier, have the additional stress/trauma of
seeing the incident occur and having no way of preventing it. However from
what I've been told, emergency services people such as Police, Ambulance and
Fireman can be just as traumatised after a railway or simular accident,
(essecially when it involves children etc).

I remember my first level crossing collision (after 33 years on the job), my
mate asked if I wanted him to go back, I said no I'll go, I stood up took
one pace and my legs gave away. Up until then I thought I would be able to
handle the situation.

As I said stress affects different people different ways.

Bob.