Safety Hour Attendance last week – 68%
Close Calls – 100
Incidents this week –
03/05/2016 – Fratton Depot – Eastleigh ECRO reported that the Shunter had local isolations G and H in place all day, both of which are hook-switch operations. The Shunter then operated 242 hook-switch (attached to isolation G in number 7 siding) and 241 hook-switch (attached to isolation H in number 8 siding) without the permission of the ECRO.
No injuries were sustained.
04/05/2016 – Pirbright Junction – PICOP for Item 51 (Pirbright Jn – Winchfield 0105 – 0545) the Basingstoke signaller to arrange the possession but did not contact the Woking Signaller. The Woking signaller only found out by contacting Basingstoke about the last booked service.
04/05/2016 – Petersfield – Signaller slipped whist going down the signal box steps and grabbed on to handrails with both arms causing a heavy impact. No absence from work was anticipated or a hospital visit.
05/05/2016 – Vauxhall – A major fire occurred at Vauxhall affecting various cables feeding traction, signalling and telecom equipment caused by a rail grinder setting fire to rubbish underneath the country end platform 3. This spread into the wooden platform and bridge decking.
This is subject to a formal investigation.
The recovery was outstanding and huge praise for everyone involved for getting the railway back up and running. so quickly and safely. The full service was able to run by 20:00
Our Safety Workshops
Our Safety Workshops were a great success with over 1000 attending.
Your input was extremly valuable and has given the Safety Team lots of ideas and actions to work on.
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