Safety Hour Attendance Last Week – 55% (Target = 67%)
Close Calls Raised – 36 (Target = 85)
% of Close Calls in <90’s – 81% (Target = 80%)
Incidents last week
| Waterloo 30/10/16 |
Staff Accident A member of Lost Property Staff was taking a suitcase off of a middle shelf and when the weight caused the case to drop, it jarred his back. Following the incident, he took pain killers. Golden Hour not applicable to Waterloo Station. |
| Strawberry Hill 31/10/16 |
Operational Incident – Signalling Feltham SSM has advised that the signaller was talking past F422 signal to get 5N95 out of the depot due to an ongoing failure. The Signaller had set up the route via the route card and had it checked about 10 minutes prior to the trains departure. Upon the train being presented, the Signaller gave authority for the train to proceed, but overlooked lowering the barriers at the CCTV level crossing. The signaller managed to contact the Driver before any movement took place. For Cause screening arranged. Level 1 completed and sent to the RAAI. |
| Poole (High Street) Level Crossing 1/11/16 |
Person Struck by Crossing Boom Basingstoke DC signaller reported that when lowering the barriers, the down side boom struck a lady on the shoulder who had looked to be clear with her standing next to a wall and leaning her arm on it. 13:32 – The MOM checked the crossing with no defects found. |
| Strawberry Hill 2/11/16 |
Staff Accident At 0140 hrs during hours of darkness in dull and damp conditions whilst walking back to Strawberry Hill Station after completing the activity of placing short circuit Strap, the IP stepped over a running rail right foot first to walk in the 4ft, the ballast on which he had placed his foot was uneven and moved under his foot unexpectedly. This caused his ankle to give way and twist sustaining a painful injury. In this case this may have been exacerbated by a previous injury which has left him with a metal plate in this area anyway. Hospital and X-ray to confirm there were not broken bones He was wearing a head torch and standard boots which are in good condition. Immediate cause: Environmental -Uneven surface, and momentarily lack of concentration. |
| Alton 2/11/16 |
Operating Incident (1A15) When 1A15 arrived at the station the doors were released and after passengers left, the train was put into maintenance mode and doors were released thinking the doors not accommodated would not be released. 10:53 – CCU Download confirmed that the leading unit into Alton 450076 was put into maintenance mode. A detailed report was requested by who operated the maintenance mode button which is in a cupboard and should not be used when in passenger service. It is only meant to be used when in a depot. |
| Surbiton / Berrylands 2/11/16 |
Near Miss – 2J26 2J26 reported unsafe working practices with P-Way staff who were stood between Up Fast and Slow lines and was close to them as the train went by. As 2J26 departed Surbiton station on the Up Slow line a lookout stood between the Up fast and Up slow. 1W96 on the Up Fast and sounded their horn and the Lookout step back towards the Up Slow. At this point, the Lookout looked to be only a foot away from the up slow as 2J26 passed. 10:54 – The PWay COSS contacted WICC and advised them that they believe the advanced Lookout may have strayed a bit further than they should have and work suspended. 11:27 – MOM on site. 3 staff involved. 1x NR COSS, 1x Contract Lookout (Gannymeads) and 1 Contract Advanced Lookout (Gannymeads). 11:36 – MOM confirmed that the SSOWPs was all in order, Sentinel cards were in date and valid and All parties held the appropriate competences which were in date. 12:03 – FFCCTV images of 1W96 sent to N/Rail. 2J26 awaited. COSS and Lookout competencies have been revoked at present pending the outcome of the investigation. |
| Brockenhurst 2/11/16 |
Staff Accident At 1015 hrs during daylight in reasonably dry conditions working in red zone under lookout protection at Brockenhurst, the IP an Ultrasonics Operator using a Sperry Stick was called out to a position of safety. He picked up his equipmentand moved toward the place of safety carrying this equipment andin doing so was required to step over several obstacles; a running rail into the 6ft, and a second runningrail with conductor rail. When he placed his foot into the 4ft of the adjacent line the ballast in the track bed was lower than normal and adjacent to infrastructure equipment (See photo). He lost his balance as he placed his right foot down adjacent to a TPWS ariel grid (Spider), his foot then became trapped under the grid and he fell trapping his foot and twisting his ankle in the process, sustaining the injury. He was wearing standard boots in reasonable condition. Immediate cause: Environmental – uneven surface, and obscured vision. Potential Underlying cause: limited vision whilst stepping across infrastructure obstacles, whilst carrying equipment. |
| Axminster / Honiton 2/11/16 |
Staff Accident At 1135 hrs during daylight hours in sunny conditions, whilst carrying 20kg bag of cement mix over his shoulder on site at Honiton Tunnel, the IP a contractor working for Ganymede stepped over a troughing route onto the cess area right foot first, the cess area was grassy, softer and lower in height than he had anticipated. This resulted in him loosing his balance and his right ankle twisted outwards causing injury. Attended hospital and x-ray to confirm no broken bones. He was wearing standard footwear with ankle support. Immediate cause: Evironmental – uneven surface, and unbalanced manual handling technique. Underlying cause….several possibilities (including training) not confirmed at this stage. |
| Woking 3/11/16 |
Irregular Working (1A60) Guard of 1A60 gave a tip on a red signal. The train did not depart |
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