68% – Safety Hour Attendance last week
71 Close Calls reported last week
- Please find incidents below from the past week:
| 17/02/2016 | Petersfield – A Signaller was walking past an open locker box in the signal box when they caught their right leg above their knee on a padlock clasp holder breaking the skin and bruising. |
| 18/02/2016 | Wool – A Pway Operative was on a bance (machinery for track chair screws) for within the specified time of up to 15 when he reported a back ache to the COSS. The Operative was taken off duty and it required a GP visit. |
| 19/02/2016 | Wool – A member of Works Delivery was stacking up sleepers within a possession with sleeper dogs when his hand slipped trapping his middle finger on his right hand. He did not think much of it at the time, home but later had to go to hospital with the onset of a lot of pain due to him having fractured/ broken it. |
| 19/02/2016 | Basingstoke Capus – Control Centre Technician at was waiting at barriers leading into car when the traffic light changed to green and he drove forward.
The road barrier had not fully lowered and the underside of his car struck it. The Individual was driving his personal vehicle (which was damaged) but he sustained no injuries. |
| 19/02/2016 | Raynes Park Station – A member of Electrical & Plant was carrying a transformer over the tracks when his glove slipped.
He tried to re-adjust his grip but as he did so, his foot became caught and his chest landed on the running rail. The individual continued working but was in a lot of pain. After a hospital visit the next day he was told that he had cracked his rib/s. |
| Late report
19/02/2016 |
Waterloo – Works Delivery Manager reported an accident which had occurred on Monday 15/02/16 where he had been stepping down 2 steps from a Clapham P-Way cabin. By the steps were 2 round ferrels (a part connected to base chairs) which he was not aware of.
As he stepped on them he ell backwards injuring neck and finger requiring a hospital visit. |
2. Driving awareness challenge driving awareness challenge – VIDEO http://think.direct.gov.uk/drivingchallenge
3. Adding value to the safety conversation
4. Home Safe – Near Miss that could have been fatal
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