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Safety Hour Material – 16th Feb 2016

15th February 2016 Saleem Ali Leave a comment

76% – Safety Hour Attendance last week – Fantastic result this week. Keep up the great work!

72 Close Calls reported last week

Please find incidents below from the past week:

Date	Details
07/02/2016	Barton Mill access gate – A Technician was attempting to lock an access in windy conditions when the gate flew open catching his left hand finger.
07/02/2016	Salisbury Station Platform 3 – ISS Labour trapped their right foot under the track after the jack was dropped. It had been raised to fit plates.
07/02/2016	White Hart Lane Level Crossing – Member of public trapped within the barriers and the Crossing Clear pressed for 2O41. Signal replaced, barriers raised.
10/02/2016	Byfleet and New Haw Station – A member of PWay staff was carrying stressing kit down the station stairs and tore muscles in his back due to the weight of the equipment.

2. Safety bulletin near miss – Line Blockage

3. Our Safety Workshops – Final Spring Dates and book instructions

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Safety Hour Call 19th January 2016

18th January 2016 Saleem Ali Leave a comment

78% – Safety Hour Attendance last week – Brilliant effort from everyone!!! This is the highest score we have ever had. Keep up the great work!

109 Close Calls reported last week –Remember to encourage reporting of close calls as you come across things.

1. Incidents – This Week

10/01/2016	Southampton – A member of Eastleigh Signal works sustained an injury to his lower back and left gluteal after falling whilst undoing a tight lock on a tubular stretcher.
11/01/2016	Staines – An Operative working within Kent/TLP Possession Item 37 outside Cannon St called Feltham Signal Box for 701 points to be moved across by Signaller in error.When the points did not move on the ground, it became clear that the Operative on the ground had called Feltham Panel 2 instead of London Bridge Panel 2
12/01/2016	Hook – PICOP for item 63 reports the ES was taken ill with a suspected stroke. At 0100hrs the ES was feeling sweaty and clammy and his colleges called for arranged an ambulance. This person has subsequently passed away.
13/01/2016	Havant – A member of Havant PWAY whilst offloading sleepers from a lorry strained his lower back.
13/01/2016	Wimbledon – 2J49 had a CAT A SPAD at W187.
14/01/2016	Warminster-Wilton Jn – PICOP reported that the Barrier man within possession item 119 had authorised 6N70 over the crossing with a green flag without the crossing barriers being lowered.
14/01/2016	Woking – Member of staff within the AMM office at Woking burnt her middle and ring finger of her left hand on a kitchen hotplate.

2. Safety Bulletin – Ankle Break

3. Occupational Health – EAP Newsletter & Materials – January 2016

4. Home Safe – Company fined for Death

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Safety Hour Call 12th January 2016

11th January 2016 Saleem Ali Leave a comment

67 Close Calls reported last week –Remember to encourage reporting of close calls as you come across things.

69% – Safety Hour Attendance last week – Great effort this week! We really need to keep pushing our safety hour attendance / weekly safety conversations to get up to our 75% target.

1. Incidents – This Week

03/01/2016	Southampton Central Station – Brockenhurst Station – 5B81 was routed from Platform 1 at to the up goods loop and reported a Possession Limit Board (PLB) and detonators on an open line.
08/01/2016	Epsom – Ewell East – Member of Wimbledon P-Way tripped on a wooden step edge and grazed his right hand . The incident was Closed Called.
10/01/2016	Southampton – A member of Eastleigh Signal works sustained an injury to his lower back and left gluteal after falling whilst undoing a tight lock on a tubular stretcher.
11/01/2016	Feltham Junction – Project Manager reports a tamper has struck the railhead causing superficial scrape on the top of the rail head.

Good News Story!! – There was 7 suicide interventions last week. Brilliant effort! Please see below a couple of useful links/material on suicide intervention.

– https://nspsglearningtool.co.uk/ – Click “Register”. Some usefull videos within.

– http://www.samaritans.org/your-community/saving-lives-railway/suicide-and-railways/working-prevent-railway-suicide/guidance

2. Safety Alert – 650V incident 25.12. 15

3. Sleeper Incident Story Board

4. Clapham Health Surveillance Notification

5. Up-and-coming Icy Weather – Winter Safety Brief – Icy Roads

6. Driving in Flood Water – LNE EM Safety Hour CM P14 Driving in Flood Water

7 . Preparation for Floods – LNE EM Safety Hour CM P13 Preparation for Floods

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Safety Hour Call 5th January 2016

4th January 2016 Saleem Ali Leave a comment

21 Close Calls reported last week – Remember to encourage reporting of close calls as you come across things

Safety Hour Attendance last week – 0% – Mainly down to Christmas Holidays. Tuesday 29th December Safety Hour Call was canceled. No team safety hours/ Briefs were sent in.

1. Incidents – This Week

24/12/2015 Hook GSMR Rec Call sent by 1L25 after hitting a tree Country Side of the Station. The tree was blocking the Down Slow and Fast. 5B39 stopped short of the obstruction owing to the GSMR Rec Call.

25/12/2015 Waterloo Queenstown Road Bridge – Incident with 650V occurred. Person involved immediately taken to hospital.

25/12/2015 Clapham Yard A member of Eastleigh Signal Works was working on CY96 pts when his screwdriver slipped and caught the bridge of his nose causing a graze/cut.

25/12/2015 River Stour Bridge A member of Osborne staff had some grit in their glasses which got into their eye.

28/12/2015 Havant A member of the Havant S&T strained his lower back whilst trying to remove a ladder from the back the van within the maintenance depot.

2. SRS Iron Man 29 12 15

3. Safety Hour Bulletin – Tyre Blow Out on Motorway 24th Dec

4. Downloadable First Aid App

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Safety Hour Call 22nd December 2015

21st December 2015 Saleem Ali Leave a comment

87 Close Calls reported last week – Fantastic Effort! Remember to encourage reporting of close calls as you come across things

Safety Hour Attendance last week – 70% – Again, Great Effort!
Incidents – This Week

13/12/2015 Wool Ganymede contractor whilst lifting sleepers with rail dogs lost balance and slipped, dropping timber nips and sleeper fell onto and crushed his finger.

20/12/2015 Salisbury Member of Salisbury P-Way received a nasty cut whilst loading timbers in the yard onto a Network Rail van. The timbers slipped causing the injury. First was aid administered and they were taken to hospital.

15/12/2015 Upway (Close Call) Member of public reported an open access gate at Bridle Bank way, DT3 5RR.

4. Non-compliant conductor rail short circuiting straps

5. New Occupational Health Provider – OH Assist – BACKGROUND

– Occupational Health support – Discussion pack

– Stress management – Discussion pack

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