I need suggestions to keep me focused?

Question

At work yesterday just before closing ( in the train station) we had a person jump infront of a high speed train which was not calling here so you can imagine the mess, im back at work from 0730 today and keep making silly little mistakes because I cant concentrate, any ideas? how do other rail staff cope with this sort of thing?

Answer 1

Jumpers have no idea of the pain they cause others

,are you the one incharge while the others are on hols ?? if so talk to a manager at the next station along the line and tell him how can I cope if unhelpful talk to one of the transport police ask how they cope  dont be shy at talking

  Have you a local canteen not too many pints but talk and talk someone will talk it over with you  remember if someone turns their back on you they may (most likely) suffered the same and dont want reminding.. I have found females are far better at coping with accidents  than blokes.

Answer 2

speak to a bereavment helpline.

Answer 3

Suicide is a really tragic thing to see and have to cope with if you have been a witness to it. The only thing you can think is that this person must have been very troubled to do something like this and was not happy. There was nothing anyone could have done if this person was determined to end his life.

Answer 4

Masterbation

Answer 5

awww not a pretty thing to see.... my friend worked at the train station and that happened very often... she got used to it! but something like that is very hard to deal with, talk about it and get it out of your system... i found out that some-one i know jumped in front of a train, hard to understand why he did that....

Answer 6

wow scary thing to have seen. cant you go talk with your boss about it? think of happyer times or like plan what you will be doing at the weekend, few drinks little dancing in this lovely sunshine lol

Answer 7

You should go see a counselor, and your employer should pick up the tab. Depends on the labor laws of your courntry, but it could be viewed as trauma acquired on the job.

Answer 8

Ask your personnel department if it is possible to get workplace counselling.

If it's not available then go to your GP and ask them.

A death on the line is every railway worker's worst nightmare, you have every right to ask for help to deal with the shock.

Answer 9

I had something similar happen to me several years ago, except it was my train a guy drove in front of and stopped his car.

First thing if at all possible take a few days off, my employer is wise enough to realize the need of this and gave me some time off with pay.

In addition they sent me to a counselor, it seemed odd but i treally helped to fully talk the whole thing through so you can get your head back on straight.

You need to get away and de-stress if you can.

If you can't take time off, there are a few other things you can do, first sit down and talk the whole thing through with someone you feel comfortable with, a co-worker, spouse, best friend, you need to get it all out in the open and talk it through, then your mind can put it all in persepective and start putting it behind you.

The person who jumped in front of the train is in a better place now so you dont need to think about him any more.

You need to get your life back together, it will take a bit of time but it gets easier.

Good Luck, people that do this have no idea how it affects other people and it is difficult to get past.

Answer 10

As a local staff rep and supervisor of a home counties station here in the south east my advice to you would be to do one of a few things.  First report to your line manager / supervisor you are having great trouble today with your concentration after the incident, especially if you are in a Safety Critical role as you have admitted to being distracted, they will not take any action against you for doing this, you should then be placed on light duties and be told to do the following, get in contact with the counselling service if you feel really bad, they are very good and do offer some real good advice and help and everything is confidential, never gets back to anyone else unless you agree to it, secondly go and see your own GP as son as possible, again they will be able to assess you and more than likely offer you the chance to be given a couple days off work just to get you back together, if you prefer just to talk to someone else abaout the problems, talk to your local staff rep or contact which ever union helplines (TSSA, RMT or ASLEF all offer these services) you belong too.

It is not an easy situation, I have dealt with 3 of these incidents myself in my 14 years on the job and it does affect people in different ways, there is no easy soloution.

Try not to brood on the incident too much if possible and do seek assistance especially if your health does start to get affected (lack of sleep, anxiety, depression) and definatley just do nothing about it.

Good Luck