Newsletters

• July 2009  (334KB)
• March 2009  (152KB)
• October 2008  (408KB)

Incidents & Accidents

• Investigation into the derailment of Pacific National Train 435 on 11-12-08 at the KPS 60  (1.1MB)

National Standard for Health Assessment of Rail Safety Workers

• Volume 1 Health Risk Management  (982KB)
• Volume 2 Assessment Procedures and Medical Criteria  (1.2MB)

Guidance Materials

• Audit Checklist  (196KB)
• Guidelines for Managing Risk Safety Within a Risk Tolerability Framework  (154KB)
• National Rail Safety Accreditation Package  (582KB)
• Notes for Completing Railway Safety Management Notification of a Reportable Occurrence Form  (52KB)
• Guideline for the Reporting of Notifiable Occurrences  (270KB)
• Rail Safety Risk Standard  (175KB)
• Roles and Accountabilities of Accreditation Authorities and Accredited Railway Track Managers and Operators  (205KB)
• Safety Management System - Guidance for Tourist and Heritage Railway Operators Part 1  (381KB)
• Safety Management System - Guidance for Tourist and Heritage Railway Operators Part 2  (701KB)
• Notifiable Occurrences  (22KB)
• Fact Sheet - Appointing Health Professionals  (51KB)
• Fact Sheet - NTC Review of Transport Medical Standards  (47KB)
• National Model Rail Safety Legislation: http://www.ntc.gov.au/
• Fact Sheet - Summary of Variations to the National Model Rail Safety Legislation incorporated into the Tasmanian Draft Rail Safety Bill 2009  (162KB)

Safety Alerts

• Notice No: RSN 2004-01: Self Restoring Switch - Malfunction.  Issued 13 July 2004  (31KB)
• Notice No: RSN 2004-02: Locomotive Underframe Bolster Cracking.  Issued: 13 July 2004  (23KB)
• Notice No: RSN 2005-01: Road/Rail Vehicles - Faulty rear track guidance system.  Issued 21 November 2005  (31KB)
• Notice No: RSN 2006-01: Road/Rail Vehicles - Inspecting Wagons while Shunting Movements Occurring.  Issued 15 September 2006  (22KB)
• Notice No 1/2007 Suspect Bogie Side Bearer Fibrous Wear Pads  (646KB)
• Notice No 2/2007 Warning of Potential Wagon Headstock Carrier Plate Asbestos Material  (21KB)
• Notice No 1/2008 Potential Defects in Spoked Wheels and Drawhooks  (10KB)
• Notice No 1/2009 Rolling Stock Underframe Mounted Equipment  (108KB)
• Notice No 2/2009 Plasser 09-16 Dual Cab Continuous Action Tamper ? Breaking System Failure  (758KB)

Statistics

• National rail safety statistics are available from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau Website www.atsb.gov.au/rail

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