Posted on 11/08/2017 5:04:43 PM PST by SMGFan
NJ Transit sidelined 44 train engineers -- the people who actually drive the trains -- over the past year after testing required in the wake of a September 2016 rail crash in Hoboken found that they suffered from sleep apnea.
NJ Transit screened 373 engineers for sleep disorders, said Nancy Snyder, an NJ Transit spokeswoman. Out of those engineers, 57 were taken out of service until a full sleep study could be conducted, she said.
Of the 57 engineers, 44 were found to have sleep apnea and remained sidelined until they met treatment requirements, Snyder said. Another 13 engineers were found not to have a sleep disorder, she said. Three engineers are still out-of-service.
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So true ExpatGator. You don’t have to be overweight to have it. Undiagnosed Sleep Apnea can destroy your heart like it did with me.
nj.com doesn’t have a paywall.
I’ve never heard of someone taking that test and not coming up positive.
Since NJ presumably has more than 44 engineers, that must be possible. But still, it is a pretty sensitive test.
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