Worksafe
The rail industry doesn’t expect any employee to work in an unsafe manner to achieve results.
David Higgins, chief executive Network Rail, says: “If you think something is unsafe, then stop work.I don’t want anyone to do something they don’t believe is safe, and I don’t want any manager to disregard their people’s safety concerns. We need to treat safety as a top priority, and that starts with each and every one of us.”
Wherever you work, whether you’re trackside, in an office or visiting a site; if you have concerns about safety the Worksafe procedure has existed since 2009 giving you the right to stop work and have the situation assessed in a fair way. If you’re asked to undertake a task without the required training, equipment or personal protective equipment, or if there is no safe system of work then you can invoke the Worksafe procedure and prevent a potential accident. You can expect support from your manager - to listen, evaluate and agree an action with you.
How Worksafe works:
The full procedure can be read 
here, (PDF 101 KB) but in simple terms any employee who considers their, or others, safety to be at risk should:
- Stop work, move to a position of safety, and immediately contact the person in charge, explaining that you have invoked the Worksafe procedure and explain why you have stopped work.
- The person in charge shall, in discussion with the employee, make an assessment of the situation and determine the course of action required.
- An agreement should be reached that there has been a suitable and sufficient risk assessment of the task, the system of work is safe and that the work can be restarted.
If no agreement can be reached, the work will not be restarted and the person in charge would consult their manager to agree when the work can be made safe, when staff can return and assign them to other work in the meantime.
Click 
here (JPG 407 KB) to download the poster
Link to 2009 Speak Up Campaign