quantify lengths of CWR that have an unknown neutral temperature and ensure they are assessed, and protected where appropriate until destressing can be arranged. [SR repeated in report 02-104: 3 separate track buckle occurrences on the South Island coal route during the summer of 2001/2002.]
Issue date:modify the side shroud panels of the DMU ADC cars to improve access to the auxilary engines.
Issue date:Action be taken to ensure that personnel concerned with the operation of Hughes or Schweizer 269 series helicopters are aware of the Flight Manual requirement for shoulder harness for the centre seat passenger and that the requirement be complied with.
Issue date:Review the procedures during programmed wheel replacement to include monitoring of the condition of the axle surface and the effectiveness of corrosion prevention.
Issue date:Ensure that Council’s planning and consent procedures for future applications involving side roads and exits from private rights-of-way joining public roads in the immediate vicinity of railway level crossings include a requirement for the provision of adequate protection.
Issue date:Warn passengers, as part of the safety talk, which should be given before the boat departs, not to operate either wheel unless directed to do so by the master or crew.
Issue date:Introduce code procedures for the use of the EM80 recording car on important yard roads covering: • tracks to be inspected • exceedances applicable • classification and actioning of defects.
Issue date:Take immediate steps to institute an inspection/protection regime at the south abutment of Bridge 57 over the Rangitata River which: • recognises the current lack of designed engineering works to protect against relatively low return period floods; • recognises the vulnerability of the protective work and the rail embankment to both full flow and falling river levels; • is linked to the river flow gauge at the Rangitata Gorge to give advance warnings; requires either: – patrols immediately ahead of all trains during and immediately following defined river flows; or
Issue date:Mandate and enforce a traffic management system for vessels transiting Tory Channel that is unambiguous and takes account of the different types and speeds of vessels typically using the passage. When designing the system, consider defining the area of restricted navigation, determine when the inward-bound vessel is clear of the entrance and make the reporting points near the entry to the zone at each end
Issue date:Require MSA-approved authorised persons to have undergone safety audit training.
Issue date:That exercise ECGs may only be submitted to the PMO if they are recorded after the patient has discontinued antihypertensive medication for an appropriate period, so that a true maximal heart test can be achieved.
Issue date:It is probable that if an aid to navigation of some type had been installed on Astrolabe Reef, the Rena grounding would have been prevented. However, there are many such isolated dangers to navigation around the coast of New Zealand. Installing and maintaining physical navigational aids on remote hazards is costly. Virtual aids to navigation are potentially a cost-effective means of marking such isolated dangers.
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