Class I Briefs: CSX, UP, NS
Written by Marybeth Luczak, Executive Editor
The team at CSX Memphis Intermodal Terminal (pictured) recently achieved 14 years without an Occupational Safety and Health Administration-recordable injury.
The CSX Memphis Intermodal team marks a safety milestone. Also, Union Pacific (UP), CSX and Norfolk Southern (NS) have been included in JUST Capital’s “America’s Most JUST Companies” list for 2023.
CSX on Jan. 9 reported that its Memphis Intermodal team recently achieved 14 years without an Occupational Safety and Health Administration-recordable injury. This represents more than 122,640 hours of “working safety to deliver customer needs in a reliable way,” according to the Class I railroad.
CSX Memphis Terminal Operations Supervisor Ahmed Shakarchi was among the employees featured in a video CSX produced highlighting the safety culture at the terminal, which serves domestic and international intermodal freight. Shakarchi called that culture “second to none,” noting that “it starts with the guys that do the everyday work outside.”
CSX Memphis Terminal Manager Sophia Sanders Robinson reported that she is “most proud of the pride that the team takes in safety, and looking out for each other while they’re at work.”
“Safety is important,” CSX Intermodal Service employee Madaline Prince summed up, because “number one, we’re a family, and we want everybody to go home the same way they came.”
JUST Capital on Jan. 10 released the 2023 rankings of “America’s Most JUST Companies,” in partnership with CNBC. JUST Capital takes a poll each year “of what the American public most prioritizes when it comes to just business behavior and see[s] how the largest public corporations in the United States stack up,” according to the independent nonprofit based in New York. This year, its survey research team asked a representative sample of 3,002 Americans to prioritize what issues matter most. Among them: pays a fair, living wage; creates jobs in the U.S.; acts ethically at the leadership level; protects worker health and safety; supports workforce retention, advancement and training; provides benefits and work-life balance; protects customer privacy; communicates transparently; and cultivates a diverse, inclusive workplace.
Out of the 951 companies ranked in 2023 based on performance across stakeholders—including workers, communities, customers, shareholders and governance, and environment—JUST Capital reported that Bank of America topped the list, with NVIDIA, Microsoft, Accenture, Truist, Verizon, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Apple, Intel, and JPMorgan Chase rounding out the top 10.
UP came in No. 49 overall. The Class I railroad was No. 1 of 24 companies in the Transportation category, one of 38 categories represented. CSX came in at No. 8 in the Transportation category (No. 338 overall), and NS came in at No. 16 (No. 535 overall). Other companies in the Transportation category were C.H. Robinson Worldwide, J.B. Hunt and Schneider National.
