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Order bars rail workers' use of personal electronic devices

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Journal Staff and Wire Report

Published: October 3, 2008

LOS ANGELES - Federal railroad regulators issued an emergency order yesterday prohibiting the use of personal electronic devices by rail workers operating trains and performing other key jobs.

The Federal Railroad Administration said that violators will be subject to civil penalties and removed from "safety-sensitive" jobs.

The order came a day after federal investigators said that a Metrolink engineer sent a text message from his cell phone 22 seconds before his commuter train ran into a freight last month in suburban Chatsworth, killing 25 people, including the engineer.

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