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Safety and Health

Introduction

We work with industry to understand and manage safety risks. Our knowledge covers a wide range of topics related to safety and health. These include risk and safety intelligence, public behaviour, operations, asset management, occupational health and safety, and health and wellbeing.

Rail Health and Safety Strategy 

The Rail Health and Safety Strategy (the Strategy) is a five-year strategy. Developed through detailed industry consultation. The strategy seeks to deliver industry’s vision, the healthiest, safest affordable railway in the world.

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See how we'll achieve a healthier, safer railway. Read or download the Rail Health and Safety Strategy.
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Key indicators

At RSSB, we monitor safety and health across the GB network. This helps us track how strategy workstreams are impacting risk, and to identify concerns that need additional focus. The metrics below show high-level trends in key risk areas.

Passenger operations

Non-workforce fatalities and severe injuries in stations

Non-workforce fatalities and severe injuries in stations

View the Passenger Operations Hub.

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Train accident risk

Precursor indicator model (PIM) metric

Precursor indicator model (PIM) metric

View the PIM Dashboard.

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Occupational health and safety

Track worker irregularities

Track worker irregularities

View the Occupational Health and Safety Hub.

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Public behaviour

Near misses with pedestrians at level crossings

Near misses with pedestrians at level crossings

View the Level Crossing Data Hub.

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Freight safety

Freight derailment risk (Freight PIM)

Freight derailment risk (Freight PIM)

View the Freight PIM Dashboard.

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Passenger and staff assaults

Reported workforce assaults resulting in injury or shock

Reported workforce assaults resulting in injury or shock

View guidance on improving the reporting of work-related violence.

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Public behaviour

Trespass

Trespass

View the trespass and suicide one-stop shop.

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Safety and Health Topics

Learn how we’re helping build the world’s healthiest, safest affordable railway.
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The Rail Health and Safety Strategy (the Strategy) brings the industry together to continually improve health and safety risk management and achieve the vision it has set out.
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Railway assets presents complex challenges. Managing assets as a system, not in isolation, collaboration, and a consistent approach are crucial. Find resources and information to overcome these challenges.
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Fatigue is a hidden risk across rail operations. We're working towards work practices that minimize fatigue impact. Here we provide essential resources and tools to help manage fatigue risk.
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There is no safety without health. Find out how the industry is coming together to achieve greater business and industry benefits by working together on health and wellbeing.
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Learn about the initiatives that will help achieve ‘a safer, healthier, and better work environment’. They include rolling out new technology to improve efficiency and safety, and sharing knowledge for better safety across all stages of work.
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To deliver the freight traffic growth set by government, requires reliable and safe delivery of services. By collecting and analysing performance and condition data we can identify and prioritise fright safety risks and work towards this goal.
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Find out how through collaboration, data analysis, and new technology industry will work towards an environment where work related violence ceases to be a key risk.
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The strategy aims to deliver a continuous sustainable reduction in trespass and suicide. Find out how better data, communication, partnerships, training, technology, and public awareness will work towards this goal.
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One-page summaries showing progress on each activity.
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The latest data and commentary on rail’s health and safety performance, operational learning, and risk reduction initiatives.
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Find information, tools and resources that help members improve the health, safety, and cost-effectiveness of the railway. Our tools and resources support the industry to reach the targets in the Rail Health and Safety Strategy.
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Learn about the common solutions that cut across all health and safety risk areas and will enable efficient and effective health and safety management.
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Find out how risk and harm around level crossings can be reduced by focusing on closures, upgrades, new technologies and educational campaigns.
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The strategy will aim to make rail travel a practical and attractive option for all. See how passengers, public, and workforce safety will be improved by empower the workforce and improving customers’ risk awareness.
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Good health and safety management relies on good data and analysis. This section provides access to the data that underpins good health and safety management is defined, recorded, analysed and reported on.
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Learn how the Strategy will tackle train operation risks by improving data quality, enhancing red aspect understanding and a strong train protection strategy.
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Governance Risk Groups

SSRG promotes collaboration on safety issues aligned to the risk areas described in the industry’s safety strategy ‘Rail Health and Safety Strategy'.
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