Inquiries & Recommendations

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review Toll Rail’s compliance monitoring of locomotive engineers to confirm that the increased monitoring as defined in the safety action of 21 February 2006 has been implemented and is effective.

On 7 December 2022 the Commission recommended that KiwiRail review its permit-to-enter process to ensure that any associated costs and requirements are not prohibitive to the completion of safety-critical work, and that the charging of fees for permits to enter is in accordance with the Railways Act 2005.

The current performance standard for train event recorders (or data loggers) as described in the National Rail System Standard NRSS/6 needs to be updated to include safety-critical equipment on electric traction trains and technical standards for how such information is recorded.

introduce into existing train control rostering procedures a defined maximum number of consecutive at-risk (night) shifts that may be worked together with provision for a mandatory rest period before commencing the next shift rotation.

Revise the procedures for tagging downrated locomotives to include a formal process to have them entered into the computerised tonnage control system, and include such information in the train consist documentation supplied to LEs, together with the status of any non-powered locomotives in the consist.

On 26 September 2019 the Commission recommended to the Director of Maritime New Zealand that they work with the Ministry of Transport to amend Rule 40D to put appropriate measures in place to ensure that aging fishing vessels are not permitted to remain in the system indefinitely without being required to meet contemporary safety standards.

Ensure that every vessel operated by the company has appropriately qualified crew in accordance with Maritime Rules Part 31B.

Not authorise any reduction in vertical or longitudinal separation minima in the Auckland FIR unless the positions of the aircraft involved can be monitored on an electronic situation display.

If it is decided that these features [from recommendation 047/90: information on instrument approach plates, relating to navigation lights visible to pilots and the depiction of spot heights] will be depicted amend all approach plates as soon as practicable to: • Delete spot heights from them, other than the boxed height for the highest ground and; • Ensure all navigation lights are depicted or include a notice to pilots on the chart advising which categories of navigation lights are depicted.

Realign the floodlight above the accident area to illuminate the obstructions in that area.

Carry out service load tests on the Type 14 brake beams to confirm that the loading assumptions made to confirm fatigue life are reasonable.

Introduce the use of flashing red lights to identify the rear of all trains, not only those operating under ATC conditions.