Safety and Risk Management in Australia

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Safety and Risk Management in Australia

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1SAFETY AND RISK MANAGEMENTTrain crashes have become a common factor due to the prohibitions of the safetymeasures. In Australia, also many cases are found of railway accidents. These kinds ofaccidents mainly occurs due to trains travelling collision on the same tract, trains gettingdistracted due to some technical fault or because of landslides or any object obstructing therail. Proper rescue measures are very much important like the responsibility of thecommander and staffs of the railway and there must be certain principles for interventionsthat must be kept in mind (Maurino et al., 2017).However, rail industry safety and standardboard (RISSB) in Australia is expanding a compact model of safety risk to meet the needs ofthis industry. The Australian rail risk model (ARRM) pulls the attention on the existingsystem to create a progressive data other than any organization can generate. However,Australia’s Rail Safety National Law permits an approach that is risk based for managingsafety (Guo et al., 2014). The incident chosen here is the Kerang train accident that took place in 5th of June2007 at kerang 3579 in Australia. In the accident however, 11 passengers were dead andmore than 23 passengers were found to be injured. It is said to be the life threaten disaster inAustralia ever since 1977. The train was crowded with passengers when it was derailed atGranville in the west of Sydney (Curtis et al., 2012). According to reporters, victims did nothave the necessary safety measures and was almost left for dying as the doctors, nurses andanesthetists were told to stay away from the area of accident. In case of this particular traincrash, however it was said that the truck driver was deaf in one ear and had glasses and so hecould not see any red light flashing when he did take a bend and he could not hear the train’shorn (Tung & Khattak, 2015). The coroner however said that if the truck driver had thewarning two seconds earlier then this collision could have been avoided. It has further beensaid that in Australia maximum of the train crashes occurs due to collations that include trainsand trucks. Thus, measures should be there to avoid all these.

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2SAFETY AND RISK MANAGEMENTAs suggested by the statistics it has been said that every transport involves some riskor the other and so safety levels are accepted are not are to be looked by the government whomust regulate against the potentially hazardous practices. A number of causes actuallyenhance the rail accidents like derailments, unmanned level crossings, collisions, train firesand accidents that took place due to the lapses of the railway staff. A number of accidentstake place due to the signaling errors that are made by the train operators. The basic safetymeasures that every driver should keep in mind is firstly to drive defensively which means ifthe driver has the proper sense of safety then the accidents are to be avoided, reaching theallotted destination is most important and so if any other vehicle is seen in a hurry thus theymust not be obstinate. Speed limit should not be increased as because it is illegal as well asdangerous. The driver must be attentive and his focus should be on the roads while he isdriving, seat belt should be worn and most importantly, if the driver is stresses or unwell thenhe should not be driving (Salmon et al., 2013). However, in cases of wet roads and badweathers the driver should have slowed down the speed. The main safety breaches that contributed to this particular train crash were firstly thedelayed signaling from the part of the train driver. As the coroner states that if the signalingwere done few seconds prior then this accident would have been controlled. The next thing isthat the truck driver could not see the crossing lights that were flashing. It was reported thatthe truck driver was deaf in one ear and had glasses. However, people who have physicallimitations can be dangerous and risky for causing accidents. According to another truckdriver who was just behind the truck which got into accident said that he saw no break lightbefore the crash. The truck went straight and hit the train at the crossing (Newnam & Goode,2015).After this terrible accident, strong new rules were made up for the roads along withflashing warning light and the rumble strips. Apart from this, those Victorian drivers who will

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