Rail
The concern related to the operator enacting an unforeseen circumstances clause regularly, rather than rostering effectively to mitigate driver fatigue.
The concern related to disregard for safety, specifically in relation to fatigue management of employees, poor maintenance of locomotives and rolling stock, and training and qualification of train crews.
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 use of the Fatigue Audit InterDyne (FAID) model being used as the sole indicator for fatigue management.
The concern related to inadequate training provided to signallers.
The concern related to the operator’s management of the incremental train control system.
The concern related to the poor standard of track in the network leading to a number of major derailments on the mainline, and drivers being instructed to follow a computer based driving system even when they did not think the system was driving the train in the safest manner.
The concern related to the delay in responding to a fault in the system which prevents the unintended use of a section of track in the computerised 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.
