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Guide for Developing, Implementing and Enhancing Railway Safety Management Systems

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Introduction

2. Overview

2.1 What is a Safety Management System?
2.2 The Essence of Safety Management Systems
2.3 Legislative/Regulatory Requirements for Railway Safety Management Systems
2.4 Myths about Railway Safety Management Systems

3. Railway Safety Management System Components

3.1 Regulatory Requirements 

  1. Safety Policy, Annual Safety Targets and Associated Safety Initiatives
  2. Safety Authorities, Responsibilities and Accountabilities
  3. Employee and Representative Involvement
  4. Compliance with Applicable Regulations, Rules, Standards and Orders
  5. Risk Management Process
  6. Risk Control Strategies
  7. Accident and Incident Reporting, Investigation, Analysis and Corrective Action
  8. Skills, Training and Supervision
  9. Safety Performance Data Collection and Analysis
  10. Safety Audit and Evaluation
  11. Corrective Action, Approval and Monitoring
  12. Documentation

3.2 The Safety Management System Process

3.2.1 Core Components
3.2.2 Enabling Components
3.2.3 Safety Policy and Compliance Components
3.2.4 Evaluation Components

4. Other Requirements of the Railway Safety Management System Regulations

4.1 Requirements for Record Keeping
4.2 Requirements for Initial Submission
4.3 Requirements for Annual Submission
4.4 Requirements for Production of Documents

5. Achieving an Effective Safety Culture

Appendices

  1. Railway Safety Management System Regulations
  2. Definitions
  3. List of Rail Safety Regulations, Rules and Orders
  4. Sample Emergency/Accident Contact List
  5. References and Information Sources

Figures

3.1: 
Application of Risk Management to Existing and New/Significantly Changed Operations
3.2: 
Safety Management System Components
3.3: 
Safety Management System Enabling Components
3.4: 
Safety Management System - Safety Policy and Compliance Obligations
3.5: 
Safety Management System - Safety Evaluation
Date modified:
2010-12-05