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Since September 2007 there have been a number of
incidents of rail movements proceeding over CCTV level
crossings within possessions without the correct authorities.
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of Possession (PICOP) or Engineering Supervisor (ES)
authorising a movement to take place past the signal
protecting the crossing before the barriers had been lowered,
despite the rule (and the non-compliance before it) requiring
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The M&EE Networking Group is dedicated to the sharing of
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professional engineering and railway operations information
and to provide a focus to the rail industry relating to
documents were required to be developed to ensure that
there would be no dubiety or misunderstanding regarding
other people’s duties. The three audiences identified are:
1) Planners
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people driving trains or controlling on-track plant’ has now
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smoothness of the distribution makes it possible to use
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rolling stock.
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tandem for the time being. The old measure reflects the
seriousness of SPADs that actually occurred, while the
new measure better reflects the underlying SPAD risk. At
the end of 2009/10, SPAD risk stood at around 70% of the
& measured using the new
new September 2006 baseline, as
methodology.
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marcus.dacre@rssb.co.uk
situational awareness. Research has shown that non-technical skills (NTS) underpin safe
performance at work for safety critical staff. They enhance technical task performance, and
improve safety by helping people to anticipate, identify and reduce the occurrence of errors.
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documents contact Mick James at mick.james@rssb.co.uk
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companies in the industry will be able to use this information
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RSSB Events 2009
Date
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plant owners, and manufacturers/suppliers of plant and
The technical
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technical
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please contact Stella Okezie, conference manager on
audience, RSSB has agreed to publish them (though the
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To register an interest in attending this free event, please email conferences@rssb.co.uk.
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