28 May 2024
RISSB Connect Edition 64, May 2024
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Edition 64 May 2024 INSIDE THIS EDITION+ CEO message CEO MESSAGEWe can often feel overwhelmed when there’s so much happening in the world, often because we feel helpless to be able to make a difference. But this Friday is Fatality Free Friday, a really valuable initiative where we can have a direct impact. It is a sad fact that there will be around 1,200 fatalities each year on our roads – it’s almost as if it’s a risk that we need to accept if we want to travel by road. Each and every one of those fatalities are and were preventable, and we each have far more control than we might think to prevent road fatalities. This Friday, we are reminded that all of us together have a responsibility to try and make the best change we can. We have a massive task to create improvements in level crossing safety. At RISSB, we will continue to work towards optimising the safety benchmark for level crossings in Australia through the development of our supporting Standards, Codes, and Guidelines. Fatality Free Friday is a campaign that has been running since 2007, and I encourage everyone to click here to see how you can help. Damien White 2024 RISSB Rail Safety Awards winner spotlightFrontline Worker Safety Initiative 
This week RISSB is profiling the Frontline Worker Safety Initiative winner as part of the 2024 Rail Safety Awards winners spotlight series. The Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) won the Frontline Worker Safety Initiative Award for their Sharing safety ideas to ‘Make a Change’ project, a frontline employee-led initiative designed to encourage their workers to share and celebrate successful safety improvements they’ve made within their local teams. The program focuses on highlighting safety improvements that are simple, effective and low cost for sharing and implementation by other teams. Since its establishment in February 2023, the program has attracted numerous nominations from frontline teams who think outside the box in pursuit of safety improvements – not only for their own team, but for others across ARTC. RISSB wishes to congratulate the ARTC and the ‘Make a Change’ project team. We look forward to seeing how they continue to champion change in rail safety. PRODUCTSCall for Development Group Members – Guideline SPAD Risk Management reviewWe are seeking nominations from people to join a Development Group to undertake an aged review of Guideline - Signal Passed at Danger (SPAD) Risk Management. This Guideline shares good practice and solutions within the rail industry, identifying a range of resources that may be accessed for further information about SPADs and SPAD risk management. Your contribution to the review of this Guideline will help determine good practice in preventing and mitigating the risks arising from a Signal Passed at Danger (SPAD). It will also help to improve the current understanding of SPAD risks. For more information and how you can contribute, visit our website here. The closing date for nominations is Wednesday 26 June 2024. GENERAL NEWSNational advertising campaign to improve railway crossing safetyLast week the Australian Government launched a national advertising campaign as part of its commitment to improve safety around regional railway crossings. The campaign raises awareness of the importance of being cautious around regional railway crossings, emphasising the message to ‘Slow down. Look. Listen for trains.’ The campaign is part of the Government’s $180.1 million Regional Australia Level Crossing Safety Program, which aims to improve safety around railway crossings in regional areas. The campaign will run until 30 June 2024, and will appear on regional TV, radio, outdoor advertising such as billboards, digital audio including podcast and music streaming platforms, First Nations publications and social platforms. Find out more information here. 
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