                              October 02, 2003
BNSF Railway Co.
TEXAS DIVISION

                            GENERAL NOTICE NO. 198

TO ALL CONCERNED,

SUBJECT: TEXAS DIVISION SAFETY AWARENESS CAMPAIGN
SUBDIVISION: ALL

Texas Division General Notice No. 177 is canceled.
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Effective May 1, 2003, the Texas Division Safety Decision Awareness
Campaign was started. The Campaign's mission statement is as follows:

"With your help, we can reduce injuries in 2003."  This means safety
is everyone's responsibility, management's and employees alike.  As a
team, we can focus on reducing risk to the lowest possible level in
an effort to minimize the likelihood of an injury taking place rather
than, reacting to them after they occur.  Neither of us are immune to
danger.  Together we can enjoy the benefits of working safe and take
pride in becoming number one in safety system wide.

The Texas Division Safety Decision Awareness Campaign will work as
follows:

Texas Division lapel pins will be worn by Texas Division Officers.
A craft employee who approaches an officer who is not wearing their
pin, asks him/her about the Texas Division Safety Decision Campaign.
The Officer will ask the employee about the focus safety items that
drive our injury, severity and rail equipment incident experience
as listed below.  If the craft employee can recite the focus safety
items as listed below, the officer will submit his/her name and
employee number to the Division Office.  That employee will be mailed
a Texas Division collectible coin. The complete Texas Division coin
set consist of 5 coins. Each coin represents one of the former roads
that make up the Texas Division. (ATSF, BN, FWD, FRISCO, BNSF). Only
one set per employee and one coin will be given per quarter.

The third quarter of the "Coin Program" will begin on October 1, 2003.
Employees will be issued the first quarter coin if it the first time the
employee has "caught" a supervisor without his pin or the second coin if
it is the second time he has "caught" a supervisor, and so on.



FOCUS SAFETY ITEMS  (All Departments)
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1. Situational Awareness (Focus on Task at Hand)

2. Communication

3. Pinch Points



                    D J GALASSI
                    GENERAL MANAGER
APPROVED:
M D DEALY
V.P. OPERATIONS

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