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This page contains details of improvement notices issued in 2015. Copies of the notices can be found on our public register.
| Company and notice number | Brief description | Issue date | Compliance Date | Result |
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Network Rail Infrastructure Limited I/KB18122015 |
The notice was served as NR has failed to make a suitable assessment of the risks arising to members of the public, namely Level Crossing users and train passengers at Wharf Road Level Crossing. | 18 December 2015 | 18 March 2016 | Complied |
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Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd I/CAG20151208 |
The notice was served as NR has failed to make suitable assessments of the provision and maintenance of plant and systems of work, that are safe and without risks to their employees from pulling and/or pushing levers to operate points or signals. | 14 December 2015 | 30 June 2016 | Complied |
| West Coast Railway Company Ltd I/20151201DPB |
The notice was served as West Coast Railway Company has not made and given effect to appropriate arrangements for the effective control and monitoring of the preventative measures for managing health and safety risks arising from workplace activities. | 01 December 2015 | 26 February 2016 | Complied |
| Channel Tunnel Group Ltd I/PT/CTG/070815 |
The notice was served as Channel Tunnel Group Limited’s (trading as Eurotunnel) current risk assessment did not adequately take appropriate and reasonable account of the risks arising as a result of the activities of third parties attempting to gain unauthorised access to freight shuttles. | 7 August 2015 | 11 January 2016 | Complied |
| France Manche SA I/PT/FM/070815 |
The notice was served as France Manche Société Anonyme’s (trading as Eurotunnel) current risk assessment did not adequately take appropriate and reasonable account of the risks arising as a result of the activities of third parties attempting to gain unauthorised access to freight shuttles. | 7 August 2015 | 11 January 2016 | Complied |
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Colas Rail Limited I/JJC2/2014 |
The notice was served as a result of work being undertaken at the Watford Area Remodelling Project - specifically that Colas have failed to ensure that exposure to respirable crystalline silica in ballast dust, which may be hazardous to health, is prevented or adequately controlled. | 21 August 2014 | 11 November 2015 (as extended by the Tribunal on 23 September 2015) | Complied |
| Network Rail Infrastructure Limited I/LO21072015 |
The notice was served as Network Rail have not taken appropriate measures to ensure the safety of all users of the Itford level crossing. | 21 July 2015 | 08 April 2016 | Complied |
| Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd I/20150522KAG01 |
The notice was served as NR have not arranged for maintenance of the Inergen fire suppression system at the GSM-R Core Node Centre, Didcot. This is an installed pressure system as defined by the Pressure Systems Safety Regulations 2000. | 22 May 2015 | 7 July 2015 | Complied |
| West Coast Railway Company Limited I/PRMSCA45/1 |
The notice was issued as West Coast Railways had not sufficiently documented or implemented all parts of their safety management system to ensure the control of risks associated with their operation. | 20 May 2015 | 20 Jul 2015 | Complied |
| Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd I/20150420ARC03 |
The notice was served as NR has not made suitable and sufficient assessments of the risks to employees or contractors arising from the manual handling of troughing which weighs 25kg or more. Also, measures needed to comply with the law have not been identified, and no provision has been made for the planning, organisation, control, monitoring and review of any such measures. | 22 Apr 2015 | 24 Oct 2015 | Complied |
| Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd I/IFM/20150216/1 |
The notice was served as NR Infrastructure have not demonstrated their effective management of risks arising from drainage systems whose inadequate capacity, or degraded performance, may allow uncontrolled flow of water to affect the stability of soil cuttings, leading to landslip. Therefore, they have failed to ensure, as far as reasonably practicable, that persons not in their employment are not exposed to risks to their health and safety. | 18 Feb 2015 | 24 March 2016 | Complied |
| Network Rail Infrastructure Limited I/AJM20150127/1 |
The notice was served as NR Infrastructure have failed to comply with a condition of authorisation dated 6 Dec 2013 - "All bridges over the new electrical system for North West Electrification Phase 1, as authorised by ORR on 6 Dec 2013, will have remedial work for safe integration of the sub-system into the existing infrastructure completed by 5 Dec 2014. | 21 Jan 2015 | 11 Dec 2015 | Complied |
| London Underground Limited I/CAP16012015 |
The notice was served as LUL have failed to ensure the safety of their employees and others who may be affected when undertaking lifting operations. They do not have arrangements in place to ensure that lifting operations are properly planned by a competent person. | 16 Jan 2015 | 4 Mar 2015 | Complied |