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NOTIFICATION OF OCCURRENCES FORM AND NOTES FOR COMPLETING


RAIL SAFETY UNIT

Railway Code
Incident No.
Year

NOTIFICATION OF OCCURRENCE
(in accordance with Section 74, Rail Safety Act 2007)

Reporting Railway Organisation
Other Affected Railway Organisation
Location of Occurrence
Date of Occurrence
Day, Month, Year
Time of Occurrence
(24 Hour Clock)
   

Description of Occurrence:

Cause:

Alcohol / Drug Test called for?
Yes:
No:
Result:
Positive:
Negative:
-- If positive, provide details


Consequences

 

Person

Property

Fatality

Serious Injury

Minor Injury

Given / Surname

Age

Sex

Address

Damage $

Passenger

Public

Employee

Contractor

Volunteer

Trespasser

Details of reporting person:
Name
Position
email
Phone. No
Business Address
Postcode:
Date



12 October, 2000 TSA Form No. TUM-RS-01


Notes for completing the Notification of Occurrences Form

Each occurrence must be on a separate form (unless other specific arrangements have been made with Transport SA ). If insufficient space, attach additional page(s)

Railway Code
A specific code issued by Transport SA for your organisation.

Incident No.
Consecutive number inserted by your organisation commencing at 0001 for each calendar year.

Year
Final two digits of the current calendar year.

Reporting Railway Organisation
Enter name of accredited railway reporting occurrence.

Other Affected Railway
If applicable enter name of any other railway involved. For example, if you are the Organisation operator of a train using another railway's track, enter the name of the track owner.

Location, Date and Time of Occurrence
Each box must be completed.

Description of Occurrence:
Railways need to ensure that adequate information is provided to clearly describe the occurrence. The description should include, but is not limited to, the following information:

type of occurrence
how the occurrence happened
persons alcohol / drug tested and result
the rolling stock involved (include type(s) and fleet number(s))
the personnel involved
the train or trains involved (include type, eg. passenger, freight, other)
section of track involved
brief description and nature of damage
[If there is insufficient space, attach additional page(s)]

Cause
To be entered if known at the time the report is completed. For example, the cause of a derailment may have been a broken rail. Cause of fatality or injury may be suspected suicide.

Passenger
A person who is joining, on, or alighting from a train (for the purpose of travelling) not necessarily in possession of a ticket or authority to travel, and includes an employee, contractor or volunteer not travelling in the course of their duties.

Injuries
Classes refer to the following:

Serious Admission to Hospital
Minor NOT Admitted to Hospital

Property Damage $
Preliminary or indicative estimates are acceptable for this report. Enter $ value.
A guide to property damage severity may be extracted from this table below.

Low $1 - $10,000
Moderate $10,001 - $100,000
High $100,001 - $1,000,000
Extreme $1,000,001 plus

FORWARD COMPLETED FORMS
within 72 hours of occurrence happening to:

Rail Operations & Safety Section
Transport SA
By Email: rail@transport.sa.gov.au
By Fax : (08) 8343 2718
By Mail :      (Please mark RAIL SAFETY)

P.O. Box 1
Walkerville 5081

By hand :     (Please mark RAIL SAFETY)

Reception
4th Floor
33 - 37 Warwick St.
Walkerville 5081

 

 
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