Last Weeks Safety Hour Attendance
Originally 49% on Friday. Increased to 62% over the weekend.

Message from Ivan Kimble (Area Director)

There seems to be trend developing of staff not recording safety hour conversations by the deadline. As result, this week’s safety hour attendance has dropped to 49% across this route. This is well below target and is unacceptable and doesn’t show all the good work you are doing with your teams. You shouldn’t need chasing via call each week to record this as it should be reported each week (by you or your deputy if you are away).

Please can you ensure that you all record your safety hour conversation either via email or app by Friday 12:30pm every week.

Close Calls

Close Calls raised last week – 79
% Close Calls Closed in 90 Days – 75% (Target is 80%)

Safety Hour Material

1. Safety Summary 2016-08-25
2. Shared Learning NRL 16_02 – Colleague’s death at The Quadrant_MK

3. Near miss at Leatherhead.

Attached is audio taken from my ‘Go, Look, See’, which demonstrates the massive difference between a lookout warning with and without machinery running, even at low revs.

From what we understand –

•  2 men were involved in a near miss with a passenger train(1D31) at approximately 13:30, whilst retrieving an impact wrench from the 4 foot.
• The team involved had been fitting fishplates and clamps to a rail defect on the down BTH3, between Leatherhead and Boxhill.
• The Lookout gave an audible warning on his horn, but this may have been initially missed, due to the Impact Wrench running.
• There was not a Touch-Lookout with the team.
• It is believed that the Safe System of Work had been tested prior to the commencement of work, but not tested with the Impact Wrench running.
• The COSS believes he reached the position of safety with approximately 6 seconds to spare.
• The COSS called in the near miss on himself.

Statements were taken from all members of the team. This incident is under investigation

Leatherhead Front Facing – Image

Lookout with Bance – Audio

Lookout without Bance – Audio

 

Occupational Health

• Network Rail_Resilience_info sheet (Sep 16)
• Network Rail_Employee Newsletter (September 16)
• Network Rail_resilience poster (Sep 16)

 

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Safety Hour Attendance – 77%

Number of Close Calls Raised – 94

Incidents this week

16/08/2016 – Sway / Brockenhurst – Member of Eastleigh Telecoms was opening an Location Case when he caught his foot on a pipe which resulted in him losing his footing and his right leg slipping about 2 feet causing some bruising and a scratch to his right leg.

No first aid or hospital visit was required.

Golden Hour applied

16/08/2016 – Basingstoke – Member of staff from Eastleigh Pway reported having an accident when within the canteen at. Basingstoke ROC when he stood up and his back became painful. No first aid required, but a hospital visit was arranged.

Golden Hour applied.  Drumbeat: Woke up stiff this morning, but has taken painkillers and resumed duty this morning. Incident not being recorded on SMIS.

10/08/2016 – Wareham Sidings – A member of works delivery Eastleigh whist wearing Network Rail approved sun cream noticed his right forearm was sunburnt and blistered.

The affected area has cleared up, he spoke to his GP and they have said it must be where he was digging and must of rubbed the cream off his arm.

1. Home Safe 17 Aug 16

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Safety Hour Attendance Last Week – 67%   Please remember to record your safety hour conversations!

Close Calls Raised – 91

Incidents last week

08/08/2016	Liphook	Near Miss – 1P15 reported a near miss at the London end of the station as the train came around the curve at 90 mph, sounded the horn and one of the group crossed from the 4 foot on the down to the up to a position of safety. The person reached the position of safety approximately 5 seconds before driver passed. This incident was discussed on the Safety Hour last week and is subject to further investigation.
09/08/2016	Pirbright	Road Traffic Accident – A Welding Team Leader had a road traffic accident on the B3012, Gole Road whilst driving the works van when negotiating a right turn. The vehicle was travelling at approximately 30mph when the brakes were applied, but the vehicle continued off of the road and into a ditch. The vehicle had not been used for 2 weeks and it was thought that the brakes had failed. Apart from being stung by stinging nettles and being in shock, no injuries were sustained. Work colleagues had been following at the time and chain of care was carried.
11/08/2016	Woking Down Yard	A Pway operative was digging in Woking Down Yard with some colelagues. He caught his foot on the bar of a rail and when he returned to the depot he saw his foot was bleeding. No first aid was given on site. He went to a community hospital to have it examined. The cut was cleaned, but the hospital were unable to ascertain if the toe was broken as they do not x-ray toes. No lost time. Golden hour applied.
12/08/2016	Porchester	A Havant PWay operative strained a muscle in the left side of his back whilst carrying a section of an Iron man. The operative was assigned light duties for the remainder of the shift and has since resumed normal duties. Golden hour applied.

1. Weekly Safety Summary (11/08/2016)
2. Safety Video

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Safety Hour Attendance Last Week – 67%

Close Calls Raised – 144

Incidents last week

31/07/2016 Hampton Court Junction	A Contract Welder sustained a torn ligament having stepped out of the van onto a hidden sleeper at a vehicle access point. Golden hour applied. This resulted in a Lost Time injury.
31/07/2016 Eastleigh	A potential possession irregularity occurred when the Signaller and PICOP came to an arrangement for 6U04 to come to a stand at E87 signal and then exit a T3 possession. Unbeknown to them, E87 was still within a worksite and was not where the detonator protection was placed. When the detonator protection was lifted, the Signaller then routed the train to exit and concerns were raised by staff on the ground that it had been routed via another line which was still blocked. No movement took place. Initial investigation demonstrated the following; A breakdown in communication took place between the Signaller and PICOP. There was no reference in the WON about the possession being substandard. The Worksite on the Down Fast was shown as London side of 465A points rather than countryside. This incident is still under investigation.
31/07/2016 Portsmouth Harbour	Portsmouth Harbour Station Control Point reported that 1T19 (formed 5 coaches) had been signalled into Platform 4 on top of 2P40 (formed 8 coaches). The incident was identified as being an error caused by the Network Rail Train Planning Unit. This incident is still under investigation.
01/08/2016 London Waterloo	1P34 (8 car) was wrongly routed into platform 13 that already had an 8 car within the platform. The incident was identified as being an error caused by the Network Rail Train Planning Unit who had not programmed the change within the Automatic Code Insertion system which is there to aid the Signaller. The change had however, been recorded within an Altered Carriage Notice which the Signaller had not seen.This incident is still under investigation.
02/08/2016 Liss (Haslemere-Petersfield)	During Emergency Special Working which was being carried out by Haslemere and Petersfield Signal Boxes, ‘Is Line Clear’ was not requested by the Haslemere Signaller for 1P69 after ‘Out of Section’ was given for 1P67. The Petersfield Signaller realised Haslemere’s error and prevented the train from entering the section until a clear understanding was reached. This had been a repetitive task which had led to an omission.
04/08/2016 Wareham	A member of Eastleigh Works Delivery  reported that a colleague was opening the gate for the Up Siding car park. As he drove toward it, he misjudged the gate and hit the gate post causing a dent to the passenger side door and braking a window.Golden Hour applied. No injuries were sustained.
04/08/2016 Hinchley Wood	The Emergency Intervention Unit (EIU) Mobile Operations Manager was queuing in traffic within the EIU vehicle driven by a British Transport Police (BTP) officer on the A244 Copsem Lane, near Hinchley Wood and a Skoda City Go drove into the back of them at low speed. Golden Hour applied. The metal bumper on the back of the EIU vehicle was damaged, the MOM and the BTP officer sustained no injuries.

 

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Safety Hour Attendance Last Week – 70%

Close Calls Raised – 188

Incidents last week

24/07/2016 Guildford	Section Supervisor reported a closed call within item 145 when an RRV was de-stabilised and dropped items onto cattle grids multiple times resulting in slight damage. The RRV operator was stood down. This incident is subject to further investigation.
26/07/2016 Worting Junction	DBS Freight 6O15 reported having a CAT A SPAD at BE183 signal on the down slow at Worting Junction. The Driver had had got off of the locomotive for personal needs and when he looked up at the signal, he thought it was showing a proceed aspect. Having got back into the cab the Driver took power but soon realised that he had looked at the wrong signal. The Driver applied the brake and the TPWS activated. The signal was passed by 10 yards. This incident is subject to further investigation.
26/07/2016 Farncombe	Farncombe signaller granted a line blockage to a COSS between WZ 6 (the down platform starting signal at Farncombe) and WZ 205, but had agreed a call back time of 11:30 which was when 2P27 was booked to stop at the station. At 11:30 when receiving a call from the COSS who only gave his name, Signaller cleared WZ 6 to proceed thinking that he was giving it up when in fact it was a call to request a further 2 minutes. The Signaller replaced WZ 6 signal to danger (red) in front of 2P27 which was still stationary at the time which prevented the incident escalating. This incident is subject to further investigation.
29/07/2016 Guildford	Whilst in two lanes of traffic on the A320 (underneath the A3 bridge at Stoke Park cross roads in Guildford), a car pulled into the outside lane and made contact at a very slow speed with the S&T van. No injuries and no hospital attendance required. Golden Hour applied.

1. This Week’s Home Safe
2. Safety Bulletin – Serious hand injuries

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