What are rail safety occurrences?
A rail safety occurrence is any accident or incident that involves a train or rolling stock (or other event on railway premises), whether in motion or not, that affects the safety of persons, property or railway operations.
It includes:
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collision, derailment, fire, explosion, act of God, or other events
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slips, trips and falls on trains or railway infrastructure.
It doesn’t include:
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occurrences in repair shops, not involving a train in motion
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occurrences in railway offices that don’t directly affect the safe operation or movement of trains. Occurrences are categorised by their severity — major or general.
A major occurrence is an unplanned, uncontrolled event that has either:
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resulted in, or is likely to result in, a fatality or serious injury or significant property damage
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under different circumstances, could have led to fatality or serious injury or significant property damage.
Major occurrences can be classified as one or more of the following types:
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an accident or incident that has caused significant property damage, serious injury or death
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a derailment on a railway line that is mainly used for the through-movement of trains
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a collision between rolling stock on a railway line that is mainly used for the through-movement of trains
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a collision at a railway crossing between rolling stock and a road vehicle or a person
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a fire or explosion on, or in, rail infrastructure or rolling stock that either:
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affects railway operations from being safely carried out
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has endangered a person, or people
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a terrorist attack or an act or event suspected to be a terrorist attack
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an accident or incident involving inadequate management of railway operation safety that could have caused significant property damage, serious injury or death
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another accident or incident that is likely to generate intense public interest or concern.
A general occurrence is:
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an unplanned, uncontrolled event that results in, or is likely to result in, harm to people, damage to property, loss to process, or an adverse impact to the environment
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an undesired, unplanned, uncontrolled event which under different circumstances could lead to an accident
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Lebanon
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Traffic Safety |
Date:
5/31/2010 9:50:49 AM |
By:
YASA WEB
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YASA |
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