Post on 01-Jan-2016
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“How to make cheese – Cheddar takes longer to mature than Emmental”
Amanda Mumford-RuddHM Inspector of Railways
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Overview
Regulator in Britain – a short history to set the scene
What is the Railway Safety Directorate?
Britains national rail network Infrastructure Manager
Developments in ORR’s approach to proactive inspections and audit and their contribution to securing improved management of the asset by the Infrastructure Manager
Accidents
New ways of working
Effect
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Hatfield 17 October 2000
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Potters Bar 10 May 2002
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Southall East 24 November 2002
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Grayrigg 23 February 2007
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Common Themes
All TRACK failures
All maintenance failures
All systemic failures
Regulatory intervention?
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Industry and Regulatory structure
Bristol
Plain
York
Glasgow
Birmingham
London
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Our response – Project based inspection
Restructuring of maintenance delivery by IM
Supporting paperwork and briefing
Time bound
Clear questions put to ORR inspectors
HQ review and analysis
Outcome
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Our response – Project based inspection & audit
Maintenance Delivery Unit Inspection Project
SMS audit & 6 topic verifications
How do we ensure consistency?
ORR internal challenges
External challenges
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What effect have we had?
The bigger picture - Grayrigg
What has the Infrastructure Manager done?
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Next steps
Practical application of bow tie analysis
Change imports risk
Ongoing internal challenges
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Our vision
amanda mumfold-rudd@orr.gsi.gov.uk