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A safety net if all else fails
Welcome to the Reps’ meeting - November 2012
Welcome CIRAS – latest news Engagement Guest Speaker – Rob Miles Interactive Workshop: Promoting CIRAS Interactive Workshop: What works? Top 10 reports Round-up exercise Questions
Bobby WrightStakeholder Engagement Manager
Today’s agenda
Latest news and update
Paul Russell, Head of CIRAS
CIRAS offering
Other transport modes
Engagement
Community
Product
Exploit learning opportunity Bringing together
All levels access
Base subscription & optional extras
Scope
Strategy headlines
Current proposed timeline
• Introduce annual ‘timeline’ engagement plan
• Director visits
• Conferences / Company events / Induction & training targeted
• Introduce CIRAS associates concept – subscription reduction offer
• Infrastructure project support – promote internal reporting / CIRAS used when all else fails (e.g. xmas works)
• Undertake workshops to re-promote/brief ‘refreshed’ product also with tailored three tier approach annually e.g.
1. Front end
2. Middle management
3. Senior management
Stakeholder engagements
Report stats periods 1-8 2012
Contacts Reports0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
20% increase in contacts
Reports remain steady
Report by sector
36%
29%
21%
9%5% TOC
NR
Supplier
LUL
FOC
CIRAS TRENDS
Rules/Procedures Rostering Training/Briefing Welfare/OHS Environmental0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
30%
15%13% 13%
7%
35%
15%
11% 11%
7%
2010-2011
2011-2012
Value of CIRAS…….a reminder and reemphasis
• Provides a complimentary reporting line not alternative• A safety net when all else fails • An insurance policy – for all• Preventative• A learning opportunity• Collaborative network learning
Update on benchmarking
CIRAS funding is unique
Only 40% of CRSs investigate
Only 40% produce publications
CIRAS in business 17 years
Reporting OrganisationEnquires per year
ASRS 24,00
CIRAS 855
C3RS 474
REPCON 254
Australian Safety Transport Bureau
133
REC 75
SECURITAS 75
MARS 65
CSIRS 36
Industry Engagement
Bobby Wright, Stakeholder Engagement Manager
Company Visits
• Network Rail (Kent) • Network Rail (London)• Network Rail (Milton Keynes)• Colas Rail• Sure Track Rail Services• Carillion Rail• First Group• National Operational Risk Conference• Serco Docklands• Collis Engineering• John Laing Integrated Services• IOSH• National Express Group• DB Shenker
• Barhale Construction Training Centre
• Tube Lines x 3 • East Midlands Trains• Dockands Light Railway• A-Plant• First Scotrail• First TransPennine• Serco Group• ORR Workers Participation
Conference• Northern Rail• Merseyrail• First Group • New Reps meetings x 2
Company Visits
CIRAS - Meeting the needs of a changing industry and beyond…
Planned visits:
Senior
Middle
Front line
New avenues: other modes transport?
Raising awareness through renewed marketing and communications campaigns
Interactive website – emerging technology
Engagement
Guest Speaker
Robert Miles, HSE (Offshore)
Trade - offs & the “Unrocked boat”
Leading indicators?
• Predictive of accidents
• Gas detection vs fire alarm
• Near misses
• Tasks without procedures
• % inexperienced
• un- actioned defect reports (-ve)
• need to be things that we can change: not independent
How to stay alive...
Up and Down
Senior Management Team
Rail safety, your safety
CIRAS
Reports
Feedback
What you see looking UPSafety management and procedures
Safety defences
Operational managers
Listening to reporters exercise
Chris Langer, Research Delivery Manager
Questions
1. What are the safety concerns?
2. How much of a safety risk do you think they are?
3. Is the reporter right to come to CIRAS with the concern?
4. Do you think there are other reporting channels which could have been explored?
5. How can CIRAS facilitate the resolution of this concern?
Why people report to CIRAS?
18%
17%
16%13%9%
8%
6%5%3% 3% 2%
To get something done
To raise or highlight safety issue
Inadequate internal response
To prevent accident or injury
Ineffective action taken so far
Last resort
Recommendation or advert
Confidential
Independent or external body
Other
Seeking clarification
Lunch
Programme restarts 13:10
Workshop exercise:What works?
Chris Langer, Research Delivery Manager
Top Rated Reports
Chris Langer, Research Delivery Manager
Score 10
1. of this concern? Issue • Safety culture ‘could be improved’
Response
• As a direct result of this report, senior Managers are being asked to reiterate the purpose and importance of CIRAS to their teams and to ensure that this message is cascaded through all levels.
Benefit • Acknowledgement of need to continuously improve safety culture
Score 10
1. of this concern? Issue • Inaccuracies in lifting plans for road rail
vehicles
Response
• Network Rail has acknowledged that planning of lifting operations with Road Rail Vehicles (RRVs) is often not being carried in accordance with requirements
Benefit • Irregularities addressed• New standard issued
Score 8
1. of this concern? Issue • Core Plant training ‘doesn’t provide practical
experience’ at subcontractor
Response
• Courses are administered in accordance with Network Rail Company Standards and comply with all lesson plans ensuring examination requirements are met.
Benefit • Review of training undertaken
Score 8
1. of this concern? Issue • Various ‘unsafe working practices’ at Stratford
depot
Response• Training, depot practices, the quality of
components and incident reporting all reviewed after CIRAS report
Benefit • Safety briefing at depot• Further promotion of incident reporting
Score 8
1. of this concern? Issue • Long hours and excessive consecutive shifts at
a large subcontractor
Response• An investigation uncovered that some
personnel had exceeded the 14 hour door-to-door policy.
Benefit • Exceedences addressed and briefing issued
Score 8
1. of this concern? Issue • Scrap removal within three metres of the live
rail
Response• Report highlighted the need for staff working in
third rail areas to comply with an existing Network Rail task risk control sheet.
Benefit • Section Managers and contractors briefed in area
Score 8
1. of this concern? Issue • Remote control technology for machines
questioned.
Response• Technology adoption would only take place
once all the risk assessments and subsequent safe systems of work had been established and there is also a product acceptance process.
Benefit • Helped how to address future concerns if technology adopted
Score 8
1. of this concern? Issue • Managing double-shifting across
subcontractors
Response• Use of ‘Smart’ technology – including chipped
cards and smart phones – will enable benefits such as proactive recognition and fatigue management.
Benefit• Reinforces the need to improve Sentinel
scheme to prevent injury or accident• New card in 2013 with CIRAS contact details!
Score 8
1. of this concern? Issue • Clarification on consecutive 14 hour door-to-
door shifts
Response• Network Rail expect no-one to have to travel
for such distances to have them away from their homes or lodgings for more than 14 hours.
Benefit • Raising awareness of widespread practice and hidden risk
Score 7
1. of this concern? Issue • Children crossing unsafely at Melton Mowbray
Response• Network Rail regularly carry out overt
observations at peak times and risk assessments undertaken
Benefit• Continued monitoring and local community
initiatives• Footbridge in future
Round Up
Questions
Dates for next reps’ meetings:
• 17 June, London
• 19 June, York
Reps’ meetingNovember 2012
Thank you for coming
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