Scenario 8.1: SaFE
The Safety For Everyone (SaFE)program at Canadian Rails (CR)encourages peer-on-peer safety."SaFE observers" provide positive and constructive feedback to peers during a shift.At-risk behaviours are discussed in confidence and corrected on the spot.General observations are noted by the SaFE observer and shared with supervisors for future analysis.Several weeks ago CR experienced a train crash in which several employees were injured.Many employees are emotional and shocked that this occurred as CR has extensive health and safety policies and practices to ensure public safety of which SaFE is only one of many health and safety initiatives.There had also been a high number of injuries by employees working in the Canadian Rails shipyards.
-Please refer to Scenario 8.1.CR was charged with several safety offences,as they did not take all reasonable steps to avoid the train crash.What legal defense was required,which they could not prove?
A)due process
B)reasonable cause
C)due diligence
D)shared defence

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The legal defense required in this scenario is due diligence, which refers to taking all reasonable steps to prevent harm or accidents. The fact that CR has several health and safety initiatives, including the SaFE program, indicates that they were aware of the potential dangers and had some measures in place to prevent accidents. However, the fact that a train crash still occurred suggests that they may not have taken all reasonable steps to prevent it. Therefore, the defense of due diligence would require them to prove that they had taken all reasonable steps to prevent the accident, which they were unable to do.

Scenario 8.1: SaFE The Safety for Everyone (SaFE)program at Canadian Rails (CR)encourages Peer-On-Peer