Individual Accountability
The overall health and safety performance of Network Rail depends on the individual safety performance of all of its people. As such, every employee is held accountable for their own health and safety performance. This accountability is achieved by clearly identifying, and formally allocating, health and safety responsibilities where appropriate.
Every employee has a duty to comply with any mandatory standards and procedures relevant to their role that indicate how particular processes are to be carried out.
Working Safely requires the establishment of safe systems of work, delivered by a competent workforce demonstrating the correct safety behaviours.
No employee of Network Rail, or any contractor working for Network Rail, is expected to carry out any task where the risk to themselves or any other person is considered to be unacceptable. The Network Rail Worksafe Procedure identifies the process by which employees should bring unsafe work activities to the attention of their line manager. It also describes the subsequent procedures to resolve the matter. If the line manager is unable to identify a safe system of work to the satisfaction of the person who has ceased work, the decision is reviewed by another manager. Any instance of initiation of the Worksafe Procedure is reported and investigated.
Every employee has a duty to comply with any mandatory standards and procedures relevant to their role that indicate how particular processes are to be carried out.
Working Safely requires the establishment of safe systems of work, delivered by a competent workforce demonstrating the correct safety behaviours.
No employee of Network Rail, or any contractor working for Network Rail, is expected to carry out any task where the risk to themselves or any other person is considered to be unacceptable. The Network Rail Worksafe Procedure identifies the process by which employees should bring unsafe work activities to the attention of their line manager. It also describes the subsequent procedures to resolve the matter. If the line manager is unable to identify a safe system of work to the satisfaction of the person who has ceased work, the decision is reviewed by another manager. Any instance of initiation of the Worksafe Procedure is reported and investigated.