Health and safety

Work-related health issues - key questions and answers

30 January 2015
Information on work-related health issues in the rail industry and directs you to detailed advice to help you manage and control health risks. On this page: General Q&A Employers Q&A Workers Q&A General Where can I find advice on a work-related health disease? The HSE's website provides detailed advice on most work-related diseases under tackling occupational disease. How do I report a rail

Keeping our railways running safely this winter

Content archived on 18 October 2024

11 December 2014
ORR chief executive Richard Price explains what the regulator is doing over the winter period to ensure minimal disruptions to passengers.

Train driver receives prison sentence for ignoring safety systems

Content archived on 18 October 2024

10 November 2014
Former First Capital Connect train driver, Scott Walford, has received a three-month suspended prison sentence and been ordered to pay costs of £500, after he ignored warnings and safety systems on the Cambridge to London train he was driving – placing passengers and staff on board in great danger. On 7 November, Mr Walford pleaded guilty following a prosecution brought by the Office of Rail

Occupational health strategy and progress

5 November 2014
ORR's Closing the Gap on Health report provides a comprehensive review of rail industry progress in managing occupational health by the end of our 2014-19 health programme. We have used this evidence-based review to identify our strategic priorities on health for the coming years in a revised occupational health chapter. We also have five position papers on the key health risks in the railway

BAM Nuttall fined £140,000 for crushing construction worker under six tonne concrete and steel beam

Content archived on 18 October 2024

30 September 2014
BAM Nuttall Ltd has been fined £140,000 and ordered to pay costs of £42,700 following a prosecution by the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR). The company pleaded guilty to breaching health and safety law in December 2010, during the replacement of a South London railway bridge, and causing a construction worker to suffer life changing injuries.

Making our railways safer

Content archived on 18 October 2024

12 September 2014
As director of health and safety and HM chief inspector of railways, I lead a team of inspectors who spend most of their time out and about on the railways. We work with Network Rail, train operators and others from across the industry to help make Britain's railways safer whether you are travelling or working on them. Inspectors have been doing this for quite a while – 175 years next year.

Balfour Beatty fined £350,000 for causing rail worker electric shock

Content archived on 18 October 2024

9 September 2014
Balfour Beatty Rail Projects Ltd has today been fined £350,000 and ordered to pay costs of £50,000 following a prosecution by the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR). The company has been found guilty of breaching health and safety law, and causing a rail worker to suffer serious burns after coming into contact with the 25000 volt overhead lines near Cricklewood in March 2011.
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