51372 Exceedance of the 14 hour door-to-door recommendation

January 2013 in Network Rail and Suppliers

Fatigue Rules and procedures South East

Concerns have been raised about long travel times for KJ Rail staff working on a Balfour Beatty site, resulting in them exceeding Network Rail's 14 hour door-to-door recommendation. This report follows CIRAS reports 50156, 50562 and 50565 sent to KJ Rail in 2011, also concerning long travel times for staff.

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50562 & 50565 Long travel times leading to fatigue-related incidents

July 2012 in Network Rail and Suppliers

Fatigue Rostering Rules and procedures South East North East

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41122 London Bridge Signallers ‘without adequate’ rest between shifts

January 2011 in Network Rail and Suppliers

Fatigue Rostering Signalling South East

A reporter is seeking clarification on Network Rail guidelines about rest periods in relation to signalling at London Bridge.

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40995 12 hour consecutive working on NLL project

August 2010 in Network Rail and Suppliers

Fatigue Rostering South East

A reporter is concerned about staff experiencing fatigue as a result of working consecutive 12 hour shifts during a 14 week blockade on the North London Line project.

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40576 ‘Unsafe working’ on the Finchley Road project

June 2008 in Network Rail and Suppliers

Fatigue Rostering North East South East East Midlands

A reporter has contacted CIRAS about double-shift working and insufficient number of controllers of site safety (COSS‟s) employed on the Finchley Road and Frognall to West Hampstead project.

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