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Safety Hour Calls

Wessex Safety Hour – 16th August 2016

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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 Calls

Wessex Safety Hour – 9th August 2016

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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 Calls

Wessex Safety Hour – 19th July 2016

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Safety Hour Attendance Last Week – 74%

Close Calls Raised – 61

 

Incidents last week

10/07/2016         Liss Level Crossing          Petersfield Signaller reported that a Strapman had placed straps outside of the possession limits which caused Liss AHBs to fail. ODM reported that the mileage for the strap was incorrect. MOM on site and confirmed the incident to be a planning error. IO went to site and also confirmed that the straps had been placed in the correct position as per the paperwork provided.

10/07/2016         Wimbledon        Wimbledon ASC reported a possession irregularity with 6Z08 exiting Item 36. The Driver had called from W176 having been advised by the PICOP to move up to the protection to clarify where the protection was. The next call received was from W172 outside the possession.

13/07/2016         Eastleigh              2B89 reported that railway staff were using the walking route with the white light extinguished. No near miss.

13/07/2016         Elm Road level crossing                 Member of staff from Eastleigh renewals reported an accident when rodding up into a cable troughing route. The resistance suddenly became loose causing his hand / thumb to come into contact with a concrete lid bending the fingernail back causing bleeding. PPE was being worn and first aid was administered.

13/07/2016          Croydon              Senior Technical Officer Clapham depot reported that he was involved in an accident after picking up a Network Rail vehicle in readiness for night duties. Whilst driving along Windmill Road, a vehicle attempting to turn left into another road braked heavily having seen some girls who had jumped in front of the vehicle. The Network Rail vehicle hit the rear of the car in front causing damage to their rear bumper. There was no damage to the Network Rail vehicle or injuries to the Drivers.

14/07/2016         Ascot                     5C09 reported hitting the platform edge while running through platform 2 causing slight damage to the protection bar by the driver steps. P-Way identified the platform edge to be out of gauge by 100mm. 20 mph speed imposed. The gauging appeared to be a result of recent works connected to the platform lengthening programme.

14/07/2016         Woking                 2P23 had a Cat A SPAD on WK375 on the down fast line by approximately 2 metres. It was identified that the Driver had a momentary lapse in concentration and read across having seen the signal on the Down Slow clear. When moving forward, the Driver then realised but it was too late to react.

 

Trespass Incidents are on the increase – We must remain vigilant. We must challenge people on the line and report trespassers / suspicious people.

 

Near Miss Stand Down Brief – Wessex NM Standdown june 16 – V1.0 

 

Driving Stand Down Slides

Driving Stand Down Video 1

Driving Stand Down Video 2

 

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Safety Hour Calls

Wessex Safety Hour – 12th July 2016

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Safety Hour Attendance Last Week – 67%

Close Calls Raised – 71

Incidents last week

03/07/16
Witley		 Two members of Guildford Off Track were transferring catch pit segments from the platform onto a trolley. One of the segments slipped out of the injured party’s hands trapping and cutting their left hand middle finger between one already loaded.
First aid was administered and a plaster applied. He did not require an ambulance or hospital visit and continued his duty.
04/07/16
Axminster		 1L95 (05:51 Gillingham to Exeter St Davids) passed SE4787 signal at danger by 10 yards having lost concentration.
The train was bought to a stand by the Drivers application of the brakes.
06/07/16
Fareham		 ES for Item 106 reported that an RRV had reversed into a fence at the station. The fencing was believed to have belonged to a company called Kendall.
The RRV had scraped the sleeper fence which had made it loose, but staff carried out a full repair.
It appeared that the Driver had misjudged the turning circle.
07/07/16 Member of Havant S&T had a low speed collision with a car in the works van within a Morrison’s car park. No one was injured and there was only slight damage to the car and van.
18:50 – Accident Form completed.
07/07/16
Tolworth		 Member of Wimbledon S&T had a vehicle accident at Tolworth roundabout. No injuries sustained.
08/07/16
Hook		 1T37 reported that the advance warning board for the 30/100 ESR was incorrect and showing 30/60 and had applied the brakes sharply to reduce the speed to 60mph.
14:34 – Basingstoke Pway rectified the advanced warning board.

IP Home Safe 6 July

Driving Stand Down Slides

Driving Stand Down Video 1

Driving Stand Down Video 2

 

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Safety Hour Calls

Wessex Safety Hour – 5th July 2016

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Safety Hour Attendance Last Week – 71%

Close Calls Raised – 92

Incidents last week

26/06/2016
03:00
Pirbright Junction / Fleet		 A Contractor from Morson Vital placed detonator protection onto the open Down Slow Line in error for WON 13 Item 49.
It had been noticed by a Strapman who advised the contractor and the protection was cleared.
The reason for the error was due to contractor having accessed the track from the wrong side, they had become confused which line was which.
27/06/2016
12:45
Wimbledon Depot Wimbledon Station Exit 		 A member of Wimbledon PWAY bruised their left hand when  getting into a van via the sliding door whilst holding onto the door frame.

When the passenger door was closed by another member of staff, it trapped the persons hand.
He applied ice at the time of the incident did not require a hospital visit.
28/06/2016
01:16
Nine Elms Junction 		 5R00 reported a near miss with 2 members of McGinley P-way staff.

The investigation is ongoing to understand why they were in the position they were whilst carrying out strapping duties for T3 item 21.
28/06/2016
03:27
Berrylands Station – Byfleet Junction  		 A Ganymead contractor applied earthing straps for work site B (item 57) at 19m 36ch rather than 19m 50ch.

The ES advised that the strapman had been to the site previously and had assumed the straps were to be placed at the same location.
01/07/2016
01:42
Romsey		 Member of Works Delivery PWay had their little finger trapped within the left switch blade of 588 points.
The team had been changing stretcher bars when one of them barred the switch open to remove a bolt.
The injured party attended A&E after the pain had been keeping him awake.
The x-ray showed a crush to the tip of his finger which was also extremely swollen.
Medication was prescribed and he was told to elevate his finger and rest.
01/07/2016
11:04
Axminster		 At 11:04 the Basingstoke WoE Signaller granted a line blockage of the Up and Down Exeter lines to the Yeovil Junction MOM to complete an Insulated Rail Joint inspection for a fault picked up by the Measurement Train.
SE4790 signal button was thought to have been cancelled by the Signaller (putting the signal to red) so he granted the line blockage without checking the aspect indication for the signal.
At 11:14 the Signaller realised that 1L40 had entered the limits and attempted to call the Driver, but this call was cancelled as the MOM had called in from the SPT for SE4788 signal to report the train coming into the limits and was sounding the horn.The Yeovil MOM was clear and safe of the line and no near miss was reported.

IP Southern – Southern Shield 29 June
IP Southern – Working with cement

Validium – Keeping Boundaries Info Sheet
Validium – Keeping Boundaries Poster
Validium – Employee Newsletter (July 16)

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Wessex Safety Hour – 28th June 2016

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Safety Hour Attendance Last Week – 62%

Close Calls Raised – 46

Incidents last week –

22/06/2016 Wimbledon Area signalling Centre A Wimbledon signaller heated up a cup of milk in a microwave for 2 minutes and went to remove it with herbare hand.

She sustained a burn and blister to her right index finger.
First aid was administered, but a hospital visit was required the following day having lost feeling in her finger.
24/06/2016 Shawford Junction 1T29 (1109 Waterloo – Portsmouth Harbour) reported a near miss with a track worker.  CCTV from Shawford station and the train has been requested. This is under investigation.
25/06/2016 Wokingham Signal Box Whilst the MOM was un-securing 17 facing point lock on Wokingham Junction, the S&T moved the lever within the Signal Box without the Signallers authority. The mechanical points moved and caught the MOMs glove nearly crushing the hand.

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Wessex Safety Hour – 17th May 2016

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68% – Safety Hour Attendance last week

65 – Close Calls reported last week

  1. 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.

Southern Shield Home Safe 11 May
Southern Shield Toolbox Talk May 2016
Safety Advice NRA 16_06 – Uncontrolled movement of Genie Z60 rail mounted MEWP (FR1326)

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Safety Hour Calls

Safety Hour Call 15th March 2016

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70% – Safety Hour Attendance last week

76 Close Calls reported last week

  1. Please find incidents below from the past week:
    07/03/2016 A member of the Havant S&T was stepping over the running rail and con rail from 4Ft to the Cess when he felt a sharp pain in his right calf muscle and subsequently had difficulty walking.
    09/03/2016 Feltham Station – Off Track Manager reported that a member of the Feltham PWay was loading 12ft X 4ft GRP sheets on to a flatbed pick up. The sheets slipped and his Right Ring finger was momentarily crushed.
    09/03/2016 A member of staff was reversing a Network Rail van back from an RRV access and reversed into an unlit, black-painted railing which was not picked up by the van’s reverse sensors. (Location not on log)
    10/03/2016 Clapham Jn – 5S39 reported a near miss just coming on to the UWF  line with a member of PWAY staff who walked in front of the train about 4 metres away. 
    13/03/2016 Pirbright Jn – Farnborough Stations – PICOP reported that a strap had been left in place at 32m 47ch post possession for item 34 and shorted out when the current was restored.
    13/03/2016 Cosham Junction – PWay Section Manager Havant reported a staff accident involving a Ganymede contractor who felt a twinge in his back when shovelling ballast. The injury was deemed to have occurred from the previous weekend whilst he was playing football.
  2. This Week’s Home Safe
  3. Toolbox Talk Hyperdermic Needles

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Safety Hour Calls

Safety Hour Call 8th March 2016

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70% – Safety Hour Attendance last week.  Brilliant effort with this!

86 Close Calls reported last week

  1. A safe week with no accidents! Our biggest risk’s continue to be around Manual Handling, Slips, Trips and Falls, Driving and Safe use of Equipment. Please be extra careful when out and about!
    Praise to the guys!
  2. Wool Station – Dorset Fire Brigade reported to the WICC that they were dealing with a portakabin fire on East Burton Road. During the night this fire spread and affected signalling equipment as it burnt through cables. Other risks experienced were smoky conditions and asbestos causing a personal risk to those on site. Also hidden from their view were gas canisters that were at risk of exploding. This was a very difficult situation for those involved who worked closely together to ensure that the situation was recovered safely.
  3. Occupation Health
    Altruistic Act of kindness poster (March 16)
    Employee Newsletter (March 16)
    What is Altruism info sheet (March 16)
  4. This Week’s Home Safe
  5. Manual Handling Training Promo

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Safety Hour Calls

Safety Hour Call 1st March 2016

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70% – Safety Hour Attendance last week

110 Close Calls reported last week

  1. Please find incidents below from the past week:
    21/02/2016 Andover – ODM reported a possession irregularity connected to item 76 where the Blockman had placed the PLB protection on the Down vice Up Exeter line at 67m 67ch.
    A Tamper which had been travelling on the Down line came across the protection and stopped short of it.
    Early indications show that the person had lost their bearings and had not checked where they were before applying their protection.
    24/02/2016 A member of Wessex Asset team reported having a car accident when he was trying to join the A31 from a side road.
    He was shunted from the rear by another vehicle whose driver was not concentrating on what was in front of them.
    No injuries were sustained.

2. Reminder – Current Cold/Icy Weather Conditions. Take care whilst driving and take extra care whilst walking. (Slips, trips and falls)

3. This Week’s Home Safe

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