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HOF in SPADs at Irish Rail

by Virginie Papillault | Oct 14, 2022 | HOF in event investigation, HOF in SPADs, Member experience, Return on operating experience

What are the key HOF issues? The immediate cause of signals passed at danger is often a lapse in concentration by a driver on approach to the signal. This can mean that the obvious focus for an investigation is on the actions (or inactions) of the driver involved,...

Understanding human factors in freight train incident risk

by Virginie Papillault | Oct 14, 2022 | HOF in event investigation, HOF in risk management, Member experience, Return on operating experience

What are the key HOF issues? Great Britain’s National Freight Safety Group (NFSG) identified a lack of understanding on the condition of freight vehicles prior to their entry to the rail network from freight yards. RSSB’s Annual Health and Safety Report (2020)...

Building a Targeted Fatigue Risk Management System

by Virginie Papillault | Oct 14, 2022 | Fatigue management, Member experience

What are the key HOF issues? This case study describes the application of fatigue risk management (FRM) within a rail transport organization in Melbourne, Australia. What did you do? Metro Trains Melbourne (Metro) operates and maintains Melbourne’s metropolitan rail...

Safety Leadership training in Irish Rail

by Virginie Papillault | Oct 14, 2022 | Member experience, Safety culture, Safety leadership

What are the key HOF issues? Irish Rail identified a need to refresh our senior managers on safety leadership, to highlight the importance of leading by example and to create awareness of the pivotal role of leaders in shaping the safety culture of the organisation....

ISO: 26800:2011 Ergonomics – General approach, principles and concepts 

by Virginie Papillault | Oct 11, 2022 | HOFs in practice, Website

https://www.iso.org/standard/42885.html  
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