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We’re an accredited Rail Transport Opera-
tor under the Rail Safety Act and maintain
a Safety Management System (SMS) to
manage our safety risk. We also comply
with the Commonwealth Work Health and
Safety Act to ensure a safe workplace for
our workers and the public.
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This year has seen a number of work
teams achieve very good safety
performance, most significantly, our
Goulburn Provisioning Centre celebrated
3,000 days without a Lost Time Injury.
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There has been improvement in our
derailment performance this year with a
significant reduction of train derailments
in Victoria and an overall 70 percent
reduction in mainline train derailments
compared to the previous financial year.
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As part of our continued focus on
improving safety performance we’ve
reviewed and strengthened our processes
for capturing information on near misses,
incidents and hazards to ensure any
significant issues can be identified early.
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We have in place a rigorous program for
random testing our employees for drug
and alcohol use and we also enforce
post-incident testing.
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We participated in a number of
community events to promote safety
around level crossings in regional areas.
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As part of Rail Safety Week in August,
we launched our SpeakSafe campaign to
improve communication between Infra-
structure Staff and Network Controllers
across our business. It reinforced what
good radio/mobile communication looks
like by setting conversation standards and
providing real-world examples of dialogue
to change behaviour.
* Number of injurires for every million hours worked
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