“how to make cheese – cheddar takes longer to mature than emmental”

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“How to make cheese – Cheddar takes longer to mature than Emmental”

Amanda Mumford-RuddHM Inspector of Railways

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Overview

Regulator in Britain – a short history to set the scene

What is the Railway Safety Directorate?

Britains national rail network Infrastructure Manager

Developments in ORR’s approach to proactive inspections and audit and their contribution to securing improved management of the asset by the Infrastructure Manager

Accidents

New ways of working

Effect

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Hatfield 17 October 2000

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Potters Bar 10 May 2002

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Southall East 24 November 2002

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Grayrigg 23 February 2007

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Common Themes

All TRACK failures

All maintenance failures

All systemic failures

Regulatory intervention?

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Industry and Regulatory structure

Bristol

Plain

York

Glasgow

Birmingham

London

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Our response – Project based inspection

Restructuring of maintenance delivery by IM

Supporting paperwork and briefing

Time bound

Clear questions put to ORR inspectors

HQ review and analysis

Outcome

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Our response – Project based inspection & audit

Maintenance Delivery Unit Inspection Project

SMS audit & 6 topic verifications

How do we ensure consistency?

ORR internal challenges

External challenges

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What effect have we had?

The bigger picture - Grayrigg

What has the Infrastructure Manager done?

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Next steps

Practical application of bow tie analysis

Change imports risk

Ongoing internal challenges

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Our vision

amanda mumfold-rudd@orr.gsi.gov.uk