Chair: Nora Balfe, Irish Rail Vice-chair: Margot Van Vliet, Prorail UIC Coordinator: Virginie Papillault Meetings: 3 to 4 times a year.
Special Task Forces may be created on an ad hoc basis if requested on a specific subject.
UIC Coordinator: Virginie Papillault
In 2012, the UIC Safety Platform held three one-day conferences on the theme of safety culture. These conferences brought together railway operators and representatives of other industries (energy, healthcare, chemicals, aviation) and gave rise to two major questions:
These two questions were explored at greater length by the UIC Human Factors Working Group and a dedicated “Safety Culture” task force.
This report presents the conclusions of their work.
Whereas the concept of safety management is nowadays fairly well defined in a number of legal texts, the same cannot be said of the concept of safety culture.
However, if a company wishes to improve and measure its safety culture, it needs to define its goals and have at its disposal a set of relevant metrics against which to measure its performance.
International Railway Safety Network (IRSN) Chair: Guillaume Foeillet, SNCF UIC Coordinator: Isabelle Fonverne Meetings: 3 to 4 times a year. The International
ExploreSafety Performance Group Safety Performance Group Chair: Luca Maria Granieri, Trenitalia Vice Chair: Mauro Mendetta, Trenitalia UIC Coordinator: Iryna Polzikova
ExploreUIC/ CER System Safety Management Group (SSMG) Chair: Guillaume Foeillet, SNCF Vice-Chair: François Binet, SNCF UIC Coordinator: Isabelle Fonverne CER Coordinat
