Rail
The concern related to on-going issues which had been raised with the operator’s safety department but had not been adequately resolved.
The concern related to the maintenance and repair of safety critical components being conducted by contractors who were not appropriately qualified to carry out the work.
The route qualification of contract drivers.
The concern related to the failure of the fan blades within the locomotive and that the blades were not contained within the locomotive engine room.
The concern related to the lack of direction given to passengers when trains were delayed across the operator's network.
The concern related to the safety of road / rail workers working in en electrified environment with no isolation of the power.
The concern related to procedure for the shunting of cars across two roads not being followed correctly which means that when the driver is obscured and safe worker providing guidance is also obscured.
The concerns related to the procedures in place when a train stopped at a platform while an emergency evacuation was occurring. The passengers were allowed to disembark on to the platform with no prior warning of the emergency.
The concern related to inaccurate responses the operator had provided to the ATSB in relation to a number of safety issues which had been identified during an ATSB rail investigation.
The concern related to how the operator was categorising incidents and hence not reporting Cat A incidents to the regulator.
