68% – Safety Hour Attendance last week
65 – Close Calls reported last week
- Please find incidents below from the past week:
| 09/05/2016 | Christchurch | A Works Delivery contractor twisted his right knee as he was crouching at the River Stour Viaduct. |
| 11/05/2016 | Bedhampton | Signaller observed smoke issuing from the cattle grids at the level crossing and a MOM attended to put the fire out.
The PWay then attended, but observed an arcing cable which re-ignited the fire. 5 hours later the cable was made safe. |
| 11/05/2016 | Hounslow | BTP were informed by the Metropolitan Police of a hole in the footstep of School Road footbridge, Stanley Road, Hounslow. It then became apparent that a person had fallen through and had sustained a cut to their leg.
The bridge condition had been reported 8 days previously and marked up, but had not yet been repaired. By 21:55 on the day of the incident however, repairs had been completed. |
| 13/05/2016 | Worplesdon | Emergency REC call made by Driver of 2P90 to report that the train had struck a large 8 inch branch of a Silver Birch at 75mph 40 yards Guildford side of the station. The unit only sustained superficial damage and an air leak.
There were no injuries. |
| 13/05/2016 | Vauxhall | 2U28 reported that scaffolding works were encroaching onto the railway whilst staff were positioning them in place on a building site alongside the Windsor Reversible.
The MOM spoke with the site manager who was then going to re-brief his scaffolding team accordingly. |
| 13/05/2016 | Raynes Park | An Emergency Call was received from a member of the public reporting that a 3 foot section of guttering had fallen from the middle of bridge 2/33 (8M 15Ch) onto the footpath. The MOM went to site and observed lots of pigeons sitting on the guttering which may have caused it to come away.
Structures are following this up. |
| 13/05/2016 | Berrylands | 1A58 had a CAT A SPAD on WK126 signal having had no recollection of the sequence beforehand. The train was stopped at W222 signal.
A 72hr review is planned at 12:15 17/05/16 to review the circumstances behind this incident, but every day attention and situational awareness is a factor behind why this incident occurred. |
| 14/05/2016 | Worting Junction | A member of Basingstoke S&T was winding a set of high drives associated with HPPS points when they felt a pop in their wrist.
The wrist became swollen and required medical attention and has become a lost time injury. |
| 15/05/2016 | Clandon | A Vital Rail COSS working within item 144 (Down Cobham at Clandon) removed detonator protection before an engineering train (7J03) had reached his location. The Driver stopped where the protection was meant to be and queried it preventing further escalation of the irregularity.
This incident is currently under further investigation. |
| 15/05/2016 | Pooley Green Level Crossing | A member of the Feltham S&T sustained an injury to his Right index Finger when closing the maintenance van door and caught it within the locking mechanism. First aid was administered, but he later had to attend hospital after his finger became numb. The hospital applied 3 butterfly stiches and redressed the wound. They also recommended a GP visit and time away from work to recover. This is a lost time injury. |
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