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Ontrack’s system for ensuring staff competency and currency with rules and operating procedures has not been audited for 2 years, and in spite of the person-in-charge of the accident site at Ohinewai holding current Ontrack certification for his duties, he had not been properly inducted into a new work environment, he was not following documented procedures, and he together with other crew in similar roles was routinely violating documented procedures for work site protection.
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New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) acknowledges receipt of the letter from your Chief Commissioner dated 6 October 2008 that outlines the list of safety issues that you have asked NZTA to address, and requests a timeframe for the implementation of these issues.
In relation to the tragedy that occurred at Ohinewai, the NZTA will need to liaise closely with, in particular, ONTRACK, to fully understand the necessary and practicable actions that are required to help ensure that such an accident will not happen again. The TAIC investigation is one of several reports on this accident that will inform the response required from NZTA.
Until that work is carried out, NZTA is not in a position to advise how, or when, the safety issues raised in your report can be closed out. NZTA will keep TAIC informed of progress.
In relation to the tragedy that occurred at Ohinewai, the NZTA will need to liaise closely with, in particular, ONTRACK, to fully understand the necessary and practicable actions that are required to help ensure that such an accident will not happen again. The TAIC investigation is one of several reports on this accident that will inform the response required from NZTA.
Until that work is carried out, NZTA is not in a position to advise how, or when, the safety issues raised in your report can be closed out. NZTA will keep TAIC informed of progress.
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