Wednesday 4 th October 2017 Westwood Network Rail Training and - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Supervisory and Technical Forum Wednesday 4 th October 2017 Westwood Network Rail Training and Centre, Coventry

Agenda Registration 08.15 - 09.30 Westwood introduction and Safety Brief Video 09.45 - 09.50 Welcome and introduction – Neil Johnson, TSA Chairman 09.50 - 10.00 Looking back and Forward – Steve Featherstone 10.00 - 10.40 Benefits of using ZKL3000 RC – David Underwood 10.40 - 11.00 “Our Commitment to Safety” Back to Basics – Reflection Bill Cooke 11.00 - 11.20 Tea Break 11.20 - 11.30

Agenda TSA Work Stream overview 11.30 - 12.20 1. Prep4 Initiatives – Terry Smith 2. Environmental and Sustainability Awareness – Rachael Reilly 3. Ballast Dust – Mark Wright 4. Extraordinary Safety Programme – Saint Maur Miles 5. Fatigue – Bernie Granger and Mark Wright Work Stream wrap up – Neil Johnson and Bill Cooke 12.20 - 12.30 Lunch (Buffet served outside the auditorium) 12.30 - 13.15 Talking Balls – Andy Heather 13.15 - 13.35 Thank you – Mark Wright 13.35 - 13.40 Body Guard S&C North Cut 5 Gloves – Dave Sowter 13.40 -13.50

Agenda Close Call Champions “We Need You” – Adrian Fricker 13.50 - 14.10 Black Hat Feed Back – Bill Cooke 14.10 -14.30 Questions and Answer session – Open Forum 14.30 - 14.50 Closing comments and thoughts of the day – Neil Johnson, TSA Chairman 14.50 - 15.00 We have various exhibitors available for you to visit during the Day you will find them in situated around the East wing area and Outside Reception

Our Exhibitors

Westwood Safety Video

Welcome and Introduction Neil Johnson S&C North Alliance Director TSA Chairman Welcome to the Track Safety Alliance “Supervisory and Technical Forum Conference The theme of todays Conference is “Back2Basics”

Welcome • TSA Refresh • Update on Revised Work streams • Current Progress • Good Practice • Future Focus

Your Role • Your role and attendance • Respect for timings and Presenters • Participation

Steve Featherstone Programme Director IP Track What’s on my mind … 4 October 2017

If you don’t know the answer ask the guys digging the hole… They have known the answer for 20 years but no- one has bothered to ask them! 4-Oct-17 1 1

Safety first… Looking back… Looking forward… Swords of Honour  5* and Swords of  LTIFR above target  Honour Ballast dust – no beards  Re-focus of the TSA  Back to basics – black  Points run throughs  hats Reduce Red Zone  working LTIFR improving 

Standards Looking back… Looking forward… Plant reliability  Safe work leaders  Higher speed handbacks  Track Environmental  CRT management  Management Plan – ISO14001 Taking Over Certificates  Globe of Honour  Overrun delay minutes  Overrun delay minutes  PIAF  PIAFip 

Suppliers Looking back … Looking forward… Babcock Plain Line  Reacting to  Colas Plain Line  falling order book Carillion Plain Line  S&C North  Introducing new  S&C South  contracts High Output  Route Services 

Our customers CP6 contracting strategy  CP6 funding released into  CP5 No surprises  Line speed handbacks on  every renewal

People Looking back … Looking forward… Volunteering  Impact of reduced workbanks  Award success  Professions launched to give  personal development a real IP Track re- org  focus Volunteering  Your Voice 

Continuous improvement Is CI really embedded?  Can we do more?  Taking Project Jedi to the  Supply Chain

What does this all mean for Safety?  Difficult times ahead  Change causes distraction  Distraction increases risk of lapses leading to injuries  We are in a time of high safety risk We need to ask the people digging the hole how we take safety to the next level 4-Oct-17 1 8

Steve Featherstone Programme Director IP Track

Using Technology to Improve Safety within High Output: Safe & Efficient Access David M Underwood Director of Engineering, Design & Improvement

Introduction • Network Rail High Output Fleet: 2 Track Relaying Systems (TRS) 5 Ballast Cleaning Systems (BCS) • Deploy 5 nights/week, with adjacent lines open and typically handing back at 100mph. • Delivering 70% of plain line linear volume in Great Britain in CP5 (Apr 2014 – Mar 2019). 21

Blocking the Line: The Need to Change….

Current Protection Methods for Line Blockages Handbook 8 of the rule book describes the process for taking a Line Blockage: 1. The signaller arranges for a protecting signal to be placed to danger 2. Signaller installs reminder appliance on the panel. If safety of the line is affected then a form of additional protection is required: a. Signal disconnection b. Detonators and Possession Limit Board (PLB) c. Installation of a Track Circuit Operating Device (TCOD) 25

Problems with the Current Arrangements • Protection methods require staff to be lineside. • Complicated and relies on multiple 1 to 1 verbal communications • Many parties all with different roles and responsibilities • The method that tends to be the preferred option is PLB’s and detonators. The activity is: – Potentially hazardous requiring staff to enter the 4’ every time. – Slow and time consuming utilising valuable working time 26

Safety Stats – Operational Close Calls • RAIL INDUSTRY 2017-18 YTD - 157 operational close call incidents relating to Line blockages. • Protection incorrectly placed • Miscommunication between COSS and Signaller • Miscommunication between COSS and Possession support staff • Signaller error

The High Output Safe & Efficient Access Project

Aims of the Safe & Efficient Access Project • To create a step change improvement in safety by removing staff from the 4 foot when placing and removing protection. • To reduce the amount of time taken to take and handback blockages of the line (possessions and line blockages) Network Rail Safety Vision Outstanding safety performance and outstanding business performance go hand in hand

Line Blockages within High Output • High Output activities require line blockages of the adjacent line varying from 5-15 minutes per night. – 12 x Line blockages for TRS – 6 x Line blockages for BCS • All of which affect safety of the line and require a form of additional protection. The preferred method of additional protection for High Output has been detonator protection.

Recent Success in High Output • Introduction of ZKL3000 (RC) • Sponsored through Product acceptance by High Output

The difference to TRS since Introducing ZKL PLB & Detonators ZKL3000 (RC) Signaller Signaller Protecting Protecting Signal Signal PC / COSS & PC / COSS & Workgroup Workgroup Hand Signaller ZKL WORK WORK Using PLB and Detonators as additional Protection Using ZKL3000 (RC) as additional Protection Line Average time Average time Day Blocks Visits to the 4 taken to place Visits to the 4 taken to place No. of Phone calls No. of Phone calls Req foot and remove foot and remove protection protection 24 (2 per line 96 (8 per line M 12 block) block) 24 minutes 1 (install) 24 4 min T 12 24 96 24 minutes 0 24 4 min W 12 24 96 24 minutes 0 24 4 min T 12 24 96 24 minutes 0 24 4 min F 12 24 96 24 minutes 1 (remove) 24 4 min Total 60 120 480 2 hours 2 120 24 mins

The Logic – ZKL Vs Conventional Protection Type Visits to the 4 foot (for 1 line Communication (for 1 line blockage) Time (for 1 line blockage) blockage) PLB & Dets 1 to take 4 calls to take 2 mins to deploy and remove 1 to handback 4 calls to handback 2 total 8 total ZKL3000 (RC) installed once prior to shift 1 call to take 20 seconds to deploy and 1 call to handback remove 2 total TRS BCS • • 4 foot visits = reduced by 118 (97%) per week 4 foot visits = reduced by 58 (97%) per week • • Phone Calls = reduced by 360 (75%) per week Phone Calls = reduced by 180 (75%) per week • • Protection time = reduced by 1 hour 36 mins Protection time = reduced by 48mins (80%) per per week week

Summary • Reduced the risk of exposing staff to moving trains when placing / removing protection for line blockages. • Reduced line blockage visits to the 4 foot by 97% per week per system • Reduced the amount of phone calls for line blockages by 75% per week per system • Gained additional 96minutes (TRS) and 48 mins (BCS) per week per system through introduction of ZKL3000 (RC)

The future for High Output and Network Rail • Incab Flexible Train Arrival Point (FTAP) • ZKL3000(RC) mobile app • ZKL’s installed at fixed locations • Tamping using ZKL3000 as protection • High Output Protection Zone • Personal Warning System (PWS) • Wireless train warning system (SATWS, ATWS) • Remote TSR Boards

Thank you For further information contact: Neil Sunner Project Manager (High Output Improvement) Email: neil.sunner@networkrail.co.uk Phone:07834147559

Back2Basics “Our Commitment to Safety” Bill Cooke

Back2Basics (cont’d) • You might remember why I wanted us to get back to basics……