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A paper which outlines the functions and activities the of UIC safety platform and its contribution to maintaining and improving rail safety across the world.
A paper which outlines the functions and activities the of UIC safety platform and its contribution to maintaining and improving rail safety across the world.
A paper which explores the literature and offers some observations from the regulator’s perspective on why and how a regulator might adopt a just culture approach to safety. It also considers the impact on adoption within industry and the barriers that may prvent effective adoption by the regulator. The benefits and challenges of such an approach are also discussed.
A paper which looks at how Swedish Transport Administration integrated rail and road safety. In particular it looks at how the rail sector adopted methods used by the road sector. The paper describes the work done and how the targets and indicators were found and the planned way forward.
A paper which looks at 15 common indicators experienced by workers which signal a lack of committment to compliance and safe behaviour in their organisations.
A paper which explains how TUV Rheinland Rail Sciences Inc has integrated a number of technolgies ot perform accurate assessment of derailment risk, vehicle dynamics, and need for track maintenance over long rail corridors using real time vehicle and track measurements and vehicle-track simualtion software.
A paper which describes the Transportation Safety Board of Canada’s development of a watchlist which identifies the nine transportation issues posing the greatest risk to Canadians. The paper describes how the list was developed, the implementation strategy, as well as an evaulation of efforts. The conclusion describes the overall impact and specfic benefits, along with possibilities for future iterations of the watchlist.
A paper which examines, compares and contrasts workers’ participation in health and safety in industries in Australia. Trends are examined by way of a case study which looks at the world of work in Australian railway infrastructure. The paper concludes by outlining a number of steps that could be pursued to improve workers’ participation under rail safety law.
A paper which presents the results of a study of the risk assessement for JR East and to obtain comments to improve customer safety.
A paper which illustrates how the American railroad industry changed since the inception of the Staggers Rail Act of 1980. The paper shows how re-investment in better rolling stock, track maintenance and structure have led to a dramatic fall in accidents and injuries to employees, customers and neighbours.
A paper which describes an innovative approach to reduce the incidence of pedestrian knockdowns by Yarra Trams in Melbourne. The strategy compared the weight of the tram with that of a rhino. The paper goes on to prove the campaign had a genuine effect on pedestrian behaviour as the total number of incidents declined from previous years.