Author Archives: SBrierley
Single Approach to Isolation (SAI) dc
Single Approach to Isolation (SAI) Alternating Current (AC)
Electrical Safety Delivery (ESD)
Electrical Safety Delivery (ESD) is a network-wide change programme which will improve electrical safety by introducing new technologies, and changes in the way we work; supporting Network Rail’s safety vision of “everyone home safe every day”. The programme will deliver the core elements of the Electrical Safety Strategy through two changes: 1. A Single Approach […]
CDM Simplification Initiative
Construction Phase Plans, Work Package Plans, and Task Briefing Sheets which are used by our Principal Contractors to describe health and safety controls and communicate these to the workforce are becoming longer and more complicated. This makes it harder for those who need the information to access and use it when they need to We […]
Scotland’s Railway – Learning from Events Week
Click here to access our 2020 digital booklet. Background The Learning from Events Week initiative was first launched last year (3 – 9 June 2019). This was to mark one year on from the tragic fatality at Bearsden in June 2018 and provide an opportunity to focus on significant incidents, key learning and improvement. Following […]
Infrastructure Loading Patterns
Infrastructure loading patterns are applicable to Network Rail, Contractors and Suppliers, who carry out loading, examine, manage or audit loading activities on Infrastructure freight trains, that are operated on Network Rail Infrastructure for the purpose of renewing or maintaining the infrastructure. Following a revision of the Network Rail Infrastructure Loading Standards Manual NR/L3/SCO/308 Issue 3 […]
Design Close Call
Background: Whilst the reporting, capture and monitoring of Close Calls is widely used for site-based activities, they are not currently used effectively for design activities. There is a direct relationship between the number of Close Calls raised and the number of accidents that happen on our projects which should also translate to the development and […]
Sentinel Rule Breaches
Adherence to the Sentinel Scheme Rules is mandatory for all parties involved in putting people to work safely on the Managed Infrastructures of Network Rail, Transport for Wales, and Transport for London. This page outlines the process to ensure breaches of the Sentinel Scheme Rules by individuals are correctly dealt with and includes an overview […]
Godinton Sub Station Electrical Safety Hour
UPDATE (08/01/20):Following further work from colleagues across Network Rail in STE and the routes / regions, common work activities (within traction & HV non-traction power distribution discipline) have been risk assessed on the basis of an unexpected uncontrolled release of electrical energy (Arc Flash) and the required level of Arc Flash protection calculated. A briefing […]