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Unclear communications lead train driver to enter track danger zone without sufficient worksafe protections
Unclear communication, confusion and misunderstanding of safeworking network rules resulted in a safeworking irregularity involving a freight train driver who unknowingly entered the track without protections in place near Waterfall, NSW, shortly after midnight on 21 August 2019, a new transport safety investigation notes.
The incident occurred while a driver was manually releasing hand brakes on Pacific National freight train 4WM2 following a remarshal of the train consist to clear the main line due to a track fault on the adjoining network that prevented the train from travelling past signal W26U.
Source: Australian Transport Safety Bureau
An out of gauge wagon on a freight train caused minor damage to five station platforms while travelling from Brisbane to Port Kembla, a recent ATSB investigation has found.
On the morning of 15 June 2020, wagon RKOX4055Y was unloaded at a steel facility south of Brisbane. A forklift operator had trouble unloading one of the three stacks of welded beams from the wagon, with footage from security cameras within BlueScope Steel’s Coopers Plains facility showing a corner of the wagon lifting during the unloading process before dropping back down.
With unloading completed, wagon RKOX4055Y was then shunted and attached to another 52 wagons to form Pacific National train 2BW4 for the journey to Port Kembla. Prior to departing the facility, the train underwent a full train examination and a roll-by inspection with no abnormalities detected.
Phone captures moment Sydney bus engulfed by flames on Parramatta Road in Glebe
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Security cameras have captured the moment flames engulfed a bus, forcing passengers to flee, on a busy road in inner Sydney.
Key points:
Initial investigations found the fire did not originate in the engine bay
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said she was confident Sydney busses were safe
Kenny Brown, 71, was behind the wheel of the bus when it lost power on Parramatta Road in Glebe on Monday evening.