Safety Hour Attendance Last Week – 74% (Target = 67%)
Close Calls Raised – 42 (Target = 146)
% of Close Calls in <90’s – 91% (Target = 85%)
Incidents last week
| 18/03/2018 Kingston |
RRV Derailment An RRV had derailed at F625 points within a T3 engineers possession caused by the adverse weather conditions and a build-up of ice. The RRV was re-railed and the only damage sustained was to an insulating pot. This incident was subject to further investigation. |
| 18/03/2018 West Drayton |
Staff Accident A Section Manager at Feltham had a low speed collision whilst driving onto the slip road to join the M4 when the vehicle in front braked unexpectedly. Both vehicles sustained minor damage, but there were no injuries. The Golden Hour was applied for chain of care. |
| 18/03/2018 Windsor and Eton Riverside |
Signaller Error – 10 coaches signalled onto 5 coaches The Signaller had been dealing with track failures within Windsor and had not been aware that a train had been spilt (as booked) leaving 5 coaches behind. The Signaller then cautioned the next 10 coach arrival to pass the signal at danger only for the Driver to see the other train still in the platform. The train was arranged to return back behind the signal and be re-platformed.This incident was subject to further investigation. |
| 18/03/2018 Woodsford No 38 |
Car on the Line A member of public reported that they had a car accident, struck Woodsford No 38 crossing and the car was on the track. An emergency switch off was arranged. The MOM arrived on site and having made an assessment, advised that the car was clear of the railway and it was safe to run trains. There were no track issues identified, but the S&T had to repair the damage caused to their equipment. |
| 18/03/2018 Dorking |
Staff Accident Whilst driving along a country lane, a member of Wimbledon PWay slid and skidded on ice/snow and careered to the right hitting the curb. They tried to correct the skid, but ended up veering to the left and going down a bank into a bush. The Golden Hour was carried out and apart from being shaken, there were no injuries. |
| 20/03/2018 Rowlands Castle |
Cat A SPAD 2P50 South Western Railway service 2P50 reported passing HT18 signal at danger without authority by up to two coach lengths. The signal had been at danger due to a signalling failure caused by a cable theft attempt and Emergency Special Working being in place. The Driver made no allegation against the signalling equipment or unit. This incident was subject to further investigation. |
| 21/03/2018 Wokingham |
Member of the Public Injured A Member of the Public was struck by 3 blue poles on the leg that slid from the top of stairs leading to a track access gate on 20/03/2018. (Emmbrook Road, bridge 19/1383, RDG2). Upon inspection, there were up to 50 other poles connected to some project / engineering work and the 3 that fell had not been secure. This incident was subject to further investigation. |
| 22/03/2018 Waterloo |
Waterloo P17 – Passenger Accident A member of the public was running to catch a train, but fell between the train and the platform edge. They were helped back onto the platform by other members of the public, but they had noticeable blood within their mouth and was left in the care of platform staff. No trip hazards were identified. |
| 22/03/2018 New Malden |
Staff Accident A member of PWay staff pulling on rail fastenings, fell back when the hook used to do this slipped out. The member of staff fell back onto another colleagues left leg awkwardly causing immediate pain. The Golden Hour was applied and although there were no broken bones, the injury became lost time. |
| 23/03/2018 Weybridge |
Track Noise/Defect 2F10 At 06:43 South Western Railway service 2F10 reported hearing a noise from the Up Fast line as 2P96 was travelling through the section. 2 further trains were cautioned and reported nothing amiss, so the Signaller returned to normal working prior to required PWay attendance. At 10:14 2F24 (the same driver as 2F10 earlier), further reported a ‘scoop’ of rail missing from the nearside rail at the same location. Trains were then diverted around the defect until a rail clamp was applied.This incident was subject to further investigation. |
| 23/03/2018 Lightwater |
Staff Accident (RTA) A Senior Project Engineer was the 3rd car back from a roundabout turning onto the M3. The 1st car moved away and the 2nd car appeared to pull away too, but then stopped leading to a slow speed rear end collision. There were no injuries. The Golden Hour was applied for chain of care. |
| 25/03/2018 Feltham |
Vehicle Damage / Accident A member of Feltham S&T damaged the work van by scrapping a wall/barrier when driving too close to the gate key pad. There were no injuries and Chain of Care was carried out. |
| 25/03/2018 Bedhampton Level Crossing |
RRV Oil Leak An RRV working within T3 item 76A engineers possession experienced a burst hose and lost approximately 2 litres of hydraulic oil onto the track. The majority of the spill was contained and cleaned. A further incident then occurred as the machine was lifting a trailer off of the track where a further 180 litres of fluid was lost. The majority of which was contained in buckets and by spill kits. Approximately 5 Litres reached the ground. This incident was subject to further investigation. |
| 25/03/2018 Raynes Park |
Safety Incident A PWay Section Manager reported staff had advised them that a metal ‘J Bar’ which is placed through holes in wheel timbers and interlocks with other ‘J Bars’ and tightened with nuts had fallen off an embankment by bridge 33, landed on the roof of a car smashing the sunroof. No-one was in the vehicle and a search was carried out to find the owner without success. A note was left on the windscreen. This incident was subject to further investigation. |
| 25/03/2018 Raynes Park |
Staff Accident A Contractor working for Works Delivery was carrying a Strail unit as part of a 4 man lift when they slipped over and the Strail unit landed on their left leg causing bruising. They were assisted back to the welfare unit to be checked over. His leg was sore, but was able continue to do light duties (no lifting). The onsite lead arranged for them to be taken home as a precaution and to report to work tomorrow morning to possibly be given light duties. The Golden Hour was applied. |
| 26/03/2018 Eastleigh West Junction / Portchester |
Possible Possession Irregularity – Item 106 The Outer ODM reported that whilst Possession Support Staff were removing protection to shorten Item 106 from Part 1 to Part 2, one detonator appeared to have been exploded beyond No 10Pts in Back Road No1 some time between 01:09 and 23:32. Investigations are ongoing. |
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