51643 Infrastructure staff working excessive hours

April 2013 in Freight Operations

Fatigue Rostering Rules and procedures South East South West West Midlands East Midlands

A reporter is concerned about excessive hours being worked by staff for the infrastructure side of DB Schenker in the south and Midlands.

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50202 Staff only receiving nine hours rest between weekend turns

July 2012 in Train Operations

Fatigue Rostering East Midlands

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40660 Length of turns and PNBs

November 2009 in Freight Operations

Fatigue Rostering Central West Midlands East Midlands

A reporter would like to highlight two concerns regarding the shift design for certain turns and the facilities on offer during personal needs breaks (PNBs).

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40724 Fatigue experienced due to rostering

August 2009 in Network Rail and Suppliers

Fatigue Rostering Supervision and Management East Midlands

A new roster is disrupting regular sleeping patterns and causing fatigue amongst workers carrying out track inspections along the East Midlands line.

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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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