Rail: Freight
The reporter has expressed a concern regarding a number of poor safety practices at [Operator’s] [Location] base.
The concern related to the operator enacting an unforeseen circumstances clause regularly, rather than rostering effectively to mitigate driver fatigue.
Inadequate promotion of updated operational procedures and insufficient training to employees in relation to procedural changes.
Drivers operating beyond maximum hours under ‘driver only’ operations
The concern related to the operator’s management of the incremental train control system.
The concern related to the number of drivers with sufficient qualifications to effectively design a roster which does not induce fatigue in the driver population.
The concern related to the operator not performing preventative maintenance which means that defects are being postponed and hence defective wagons are being used in operations.
The concern related to two specific maintenance practices being carried out on rail wagons, locomotives and relay vans by the operator’s contracted maintenance company.
The concern related to fatigue which was being caused by a roster.
The concern related to the fatigue management at [operator]
