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certain injuries (including being unable to do the full range of
their normal duties for more than 3 days after an accident),
instances of specified diseases and specified dangerous
occurrences that arise out of or in connection with work
activities to be reported to the Office of Rail Regulation.
making to improve safety, including investment in protective
clothing, quantified targets and league tables, were driving
the numbers of accidents down. Now that Network Rail
has changed its internal guidance on reporting, the level of
RIDDOR reporting has returned to more expected levels.
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monetary bonuses was a driver to the under-reporting of
injuries. The review found no evidence of a link between
under-reporting and Directors’ or senior managers’ bonuses.
The full report is now available on the RSSB website.
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and operations from infrastructure contractors operating on-
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track machines outside of possessions, Network Rail, RSSB,
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