Safety Hour Attendance Last Week – 53%  (Target = 67%)

Close Calls Raised – 28  (Target = 113)

% of Close Calls in <90’s – 92%  (Target = 85%)

Please note that the close call helpdesk is currently experiencing a large backlog of close calls (over 2 weeks) so there is a delay in allocation.

Incidents since last post

17/01/2019 Staines	Staff Accident A Feltham S&T Senior Technician was re-terminating a cable at an awkward position within F252 signal. Whilst applying the nuts, they felt a sharp pain and noticed that their finger on their left hand was bleeding severely. It was unknown as to what broke the skin. First Aid was administered and the Golden Hour applied. There was no lost time.
17/01/2019 Eastleigh	Staff Accident A Telecoms Manager was erecting a screen within the office. The top part of the screen became loose causing the screen to fall onto their hand / wrist. The Injured Party sustained a cut and bruising. The Golden Hour was applied and there was no lost time.
18/01/2019 Surbiton	Report of Unsafe Working After receiving advice of a potential trespasser, an Inner Mobile Incident Officer (MIO) attended site and found a Vodaphone employee working on the behalf of Mitie behind the old signal box at Surbiton within a caged Vodaphone cabinet. The individual did not have a Sentinal card and was not wearing the full PPE whilst trackside. The MIO escorted them from site, contacted Mitie and Close Called the incident. The Route Workforce Health, Safety and Environment Advisor followed this incident up locally.
20/01/2019 Aldershot North Junction	Possession Irregularity A Signaller on Woking Panel 3  reported that they had granted a Line Blockage which overlapped with T3 possession (item 155). The Signaller had believed that they were able to utilise the exit signal of the T3 to protect the Line Blockage under a back to back arrangement, but had not clearly established that this was not possible. The error was realised when the Controller of Side Safety (COSS) for the Line Blockage reported seeing the T3 Possession Limit Board within their block. It was noted within this incident that the Line Blockage had also been planned this way and had not taken into account the conflicting T3 possession. This incident is subject to further investigation.
22/01/2019 Woking	Staff Accident A Woking PWay Technician was walking in the cess on the Down Slow near Woking and upon crossing into the 4ft, they caught their foot on a cable, fell, twisted their ankle and banged their shoulder. The Golden Hour was applied and this became a lost time injury.
25/01/2019 Wimbledon	Staff Accident The Local Operations Manager Response Inner was trying to remove a cable tie with a pair of scissors when the scissors they were using followed through and cut his right hand. Their hand became quite swollen and bled quite badly. A dressing was applied. The Golden Hour was carried out and post visiting hospital, a butterfly stitch was applied. There was no lost time.
27/01/2019 Guildford	Staff Accident x 4 – (Road Traffic Accident) Four members of Guildford PWay were involved in a road traffic accident on the A3 near Guildford travelling approximately 65mph. The weather conditions were wet and a car ahead of them in lane 1 was travelling very slowly between 5-10mph. The van closed very quickly due to the difference in speed. The Network Rail Driver turned into the next lane to avoid a collision but lost control and the van spun around slamming into the central reservation barrier. All on board were ok, but there was extensive damage to the van which needed to be recovered. The Golden Hour was applied and all staff involved remained ok.
27/01/2019 Havant	Staff Accident A late reported accident was received at about a Ganymede Contract member of staff who was assisting an Outer Maintenance Welding Team to remove equipment from a T3 possession. The Contractor was seen to slip over on a cable, but got up straight away and appeared not to have suffered any injuries. Subsequently it was found that the Contractor had sustained a cut and swollen knee. The Golden Hour was applied once the accident was known about and no lost time was anticipated.   (Note: Please report all accidents real time so that the appropriate chain of care and investigation processes can be applied correctly).

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