INTERLOCKING FOR SAFETY OF

THE COST OF A WORKPLACE FATALITY

PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT

Keeping depots safe: Zonegreen’s Depot Personnel Protection System has been installed at locations in the UK, Ireland, Australasia and the Middle East.

OLE interlock: Zonegreen’s systems prevent access to high level platforms unless OLE is isolated and earthed.

Control panel: the DPPS is operated from this console.

High-voltage equipment, heavy machinery and moving vehicles make it undeniable that rail yards and depots are high risk environments to work in. Whilst the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) Annual Health and Safety Report 2016 stated overall harm at yards, depots and sidings was at its lowest level since consistent recording began in 2007-08, there is still more to be done. The ORR report goes on to detail how its investigation found depots to have an inconsistent approach to managing risk to the workforce, and while some had a strong approach to staff safety, other depots were found to have developed their own individual safety culture, which was described to be poor, with only ad hoc risk control arrangements.