Safety issue
| Safety issue description |
Queensland Rail had insufficient resources available to assess all 1,138 public level crossings at 5 yearly intervals or sooner as required by its level crossing safety Standard, with only one person qualified to conduct level crossing safety assessments. |
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| Issue number | RO-2021-005-SI-04 |
| Issue owner | Queensland Rail |
| Transport function | Network Operations |
| Issue status | Closed – Adequately addressed |
| Date issue released | 08/11/2023 |
| Issue status justification |
The ATSB is satisfied that Queensland Rail has addressed this safety issue by training and deploying additional resources and developing a program to assess all public road and pedestrian crossings over the next 5 years. |
Safety action
| Action type | Proactive action |
|---|---|
| Action number | RO-2021-005-PSA-01 |
| Organisation | Queensland Rail |
| Action description |
On 17 August 2023, Queensland Rail advised the ATSB that they had trained 4 resources to undertake ALCAM assessments. Three of these staff are based in the south east Queensland business and one in the regional business. In addition, Queensland Rail is developing a program to assess all public road and pedestrian crossings to the latest ALCAM and update in the level crossing management database over the next 5 years. See proactive safety action RO-2021-005-PSA-109 for additional details. |
| Action status | Closed |