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RSC launch investigation into missing rail safety records

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  • 19-07-2010 11:09am
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    Hungerford
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    A MAJOR probe into safety on the country's rail network has been launched amid concerns that key information is being lost as Iarnrod Eireann staff retire.

    The Railway Safety Commission (RSC) wants to find out if critical information relating to safety systems is being documented by the state rail operator -- or 'lost' as staff leave the company.

    The move follows the collapse of the Malahide viaduct into the sea last August because the company had "forgotten" that its foundations needed to be maintained.

    This was because the knowledge was not formally recorded, and had been lost as staff retired or moved to other positions in the company.

    http://www.independent.ie/national-news/major-probe-launched-into-rail-safety-over-lost-records-2263958.html

    Just a quick bit of commentary -
    As well as the Malahide viaduct, which was mentioned in the piece, missing maintenance records were also an issue raised by the reports into the Cahir Viaduct collapse and the Skerries derailment.

    This comes at a pretty bad time for Dick Fearn & Co. - they are still being probed by the Oireachtas over procurement fraud, the Malahide viaduct report is due in the near future and their attempts to shut the Waterford-Rosslare line have been frustrated.
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