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We are committed to the safety of
our people, customers, community
and our network. We continue to refine
and improve our safety systems and
embed a strong safety culture through
active leadership.
Our Safety Management System is
accredited under the Rail Safety Act
and we voluntarily participate in system
audits by our Work Health and Safety
Regulator. We proactively engage with
Comcare and the Office of the National
Rail Safety Regulator who regulate
us to ensure that our system meets
legal requirements and effectively
prevents injury.
Highlights for the year include:
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We improved our safety standards
including changes to our chemical
management procedures, consolidating
multiple asbestos registers into a single
company wide register, and formalising
a requirement for long pants and long-
sleeved shirts to be worn in the rail
corridor to help protect our outdoor
workers from the sun.
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We enhanced our drug and alcohol testing
program to include a process for obtaining
indicative drug test results on site at the
time of testing, providing faster indica-
tive results on which we can remove a
person from duty until subsequent testing
provides a final result.
SAFETY
These include improvements to our
network rules that support our operations,
ongoing use of technology in the areas of
communication and track worker safety,
a strong safety cultural focus by way of
safety leadership and the introduction of
a national contractor induction to deliver
a consistent message of our expectations
and requirements.
A RANGE OF IMPROVEMENTS AND
INNOVATIONS HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED TO
INCREASE THE SAFETY OF OUR NETWORK
FOR OUR PEOPLE AND OUR CUSTOMERS
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