Rail Safety - Publications
National Standard for Health Assessment of Rail Safety Workers
- Volume 1 Health Risk Management,(982KB,PDF
- Volume 2 Assessment Procedures and Medical Criteria,(1.2 MB,PDF
- Up-to-date Maintenance Process Bulletins
Guidance Materials
- Audit Checklist,(196KB,PDF
- Guidelines for Managing Risk Safety Within a Risk Tolerability Framework, (154 KB,PDF
- National Rail Safety Accreditation Package,(582 KB,PDF
- Notes for Completing Railway Safety Management Notification of a Reportable Occurrence Form,(52 KB,PDF
- Occurrence Categories and Definitions,222 KB,PDF
- Rail Safety Risk Standard,175 KB,PDF
- Roles and Accountabilities of Accreditation Authorities and Accredited Railway Track Managers and Operators,(205 KB,PDF)
- Safety Management System – Guidance for Tourist and Heritage Railway Operators Part(1,381 KB,PDF
- Safety Management System – Guidance for Tourist and Heritage Railway Operators Part(2,701 KB,PDF
- National Model Rail Safety Legislation: http://www.ntc.gov.au/
Safety Alerts
- Notice No: RSN 2004-01: Self Restoring Switch – Malfunction. Issued 13 July 2004,(30.6 KB,PDF
- Notice No: RSN 2004-02: Locomotive Underframe Bolster Cracking. Issued: 13 July 2004,(23.3 KB,PDF
- Notice No: RSN 2005-01: Road/Rail Vehicles – Faulty rear track guidance system. Issued 21 November 2005,(30.9 KB,PDF
- Notice No: RSN 2006-01: Road/Rail Vehicles – Inspecting Wagons while Shunting Movements Occurring. Issued 15 September 2006,(21.9 KB,PDF
Statistics
- National rail safety statistics are available from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau Website www.atsb.gov.au/rail
