New technologies are continuing to be developed to provide further benefits for Safer, Faster Isolations. Both the Conductor Rail and a.c. networks will soon be able to use Remote Securing App through world leading technology. The UK will be the first railway worldwide to use an app to remotely secure and short or earth an […]
Why are we developing technology to enable Safer, Faster Isolations? Network Rail have a regulatory obligation to secure all points of points of disconnection and separation by the end of CP8 in accordance with the Electricity at Work Regulations (EaWR) 1989. By developing technology for SFI, we:- – Improve the workforce electrical safety risk – […]
Moving towards Single Approach to Isolation (SAI) on Conductor Rail will involve a number of key stages. This is being done in several stages. National Electrical Safety Step Up: The starting point will be the Step Up from summer this year (2022) where all front line teams in the industry working on or near the […]
Why is SAI being developed? An area of focus of the ESD Programme is process, competence and culture. This is being delivered under a workstream called Single Approach to Isolations (SAI). This single approach is being developed for overhead line equipment (OLE), conductor rail, and distribution. All isolations will be based on the same common […]
Why Electrical Safety Culture? It’s not what we do, but how we do it, which causes accidents, and the behaviours and culture we observe have contributed to electrical safety incidents. Changing processes, procedures and implementing new technology alone will not solve these issues. Improving our electrical safety culture across the Industry is the foundation for […]
