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Locomotive engineer safety with single manning operation.
- Source :
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Civil Engineering & Environmental Systems . Sep2023, Vol. 40 Issue 3, p77-90. 14p. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- The paper is about practice, rather than research, and shows how a complex systems engineering project was done. The project was unique, involving a problem never before investigated, namely, to find the difference in occupational safety of a train driver between being alone in a locomotive cab and having an accompanying assistant. The project used a systems methodology discussed elsewhere. It required understanding the overall New Zealand Rail system and ensuring the objective was clear. A strategy was developed based on a set of system principles. Fault trees gave accident probabilities, from which relative values of Fatal Accident Frequency Rates were computed. As a practical simplification, detailed analysis was confined to a limited part of the overall rail system which could be taken as representative of the whole. Care was taken to treat input information as a whole rather than as separate unconnected items, emphasising information quality, which varied depending on type and source. Major points were the importance of (a) a clear and coherent strategy including careful system decomposition, (b) having a body of information of high and consistent quality, (c) fostering clarity and transparency in communication, and (d) having – and learning – good communication skills. This work is part of a Special Issue on Systems Perspectives: Clarity through Examples (see Dias 2023). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10286608
- Volume :
- 40
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Civil Engineering & Environmental Systems
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 175035174
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10286608.2023.2275061