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Initial response - Photos - Measurements - Degraded operations Hard data collection - System logs - Technical experts Soft data collection - Witness statements - Interviews Review existing local operating procedures Compare against standards: - ROGS - RSSB Developement of recommendations A stakeholder owning each recommendation Management Implementation Plan - Clear end date - Transparent progress Workshop with stakeholders Why did they do what they did? Why there was a deviation? Establish the “WHY” - Lack of response - Lack of competency to respond - No investigation checklist - Distortion of evidence - Not willing to provide statements - Blame culture “Holes” in Organisational Procedures Lack of Training & Competency Poor Fatigue Management Wider Organisational Culture barriers barriers barriers INCIDENT INVESTIGATION IN THE RAIL INDUSTRY Senior Management Overseeing IMPLEMENTATION INVESTIGATION RESEARCH Dr George Charalambous Human Factors Consultant Benefits of using our Human Factors team: - Understanding human performance and develop optimization strategies - Reduction in design risk - Increase user acceptance - Access to a wide range of Interfleet’s internal rail expertise covering: rolling stock, infrastructure and advanced rail control systems TIME LINE OF EVENTS Benefits of SMT involvement - Ownership of the plan - Resource allocation - Means for escalating issues - Reinforce safety message - Shift in organisational culture www.interfleetgroup.com What has actually happened Vs. What should have happened Review existing local operating procedures Examples

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Initial response- Photos- Measurements- Degraded operations

Hard data collection- System logs- Technical experts

Soft data collection- Witness statements- Interviews

Review existing local operating procedures

Compare against standards:- ROGS- RSSB

Developement of recommendationsA stakeholder owning each recommendation

Management

Implementation Plan- Clear end date- Transparent progress

Workshop with stakeholders Why did they do what they did?Why there was a deviation?

Establish the “WHY”

- Lack of response- Lack of competency to respond- No investigation checklist

- Distortion of evidence- Not willing to provide statements

- Blame culture

“Holes” in Organisational

Procedures

Lack of Training & Competency

Poor Fatigue Management

WiderOrganisational

Culture

barriers barriers barriers

INCIDENT INVESTIGATION IN THE RAIL INDUSTRY

Senior Management Overseeing

IMPLEMENTATION

INVESTIGATION

RESEARCH

Dr George CharalambousHuman Factors Consultant

Benefits of using our Human Factors team: - Understanding human performance and develop optimization strategies - Reduction in design risk- Increase user acceptance - Access to a wide range of Interfleet’s internal rail expertise covering: rolling stock, infrastructure and advanced rail control systems

TIME LINE OF EVENTS

Benefits of SMT involvement- Ownership of the plan- Resource allocation- Means for escalating issues- Reinforce safety message- Shift in organisational culture

www.interfleetgroup.com

What has actually happened Vs. What should have happened

Review existing local

operating procedures

Examples