Safety Culture - the RAIB perspective

The Rail Accident Investigation Branch does what it says on the tin. It looks at both accidents and incidents to find their underlying causes. No blame is laid, but recommendations for mitigations are made; some of which may be around organisational culture.

Here, two of RAIB’s accident investigators talk about a company’s safety culture, learning opportunities, and how the two work together to deliver an ever safer railway.

00:05 Introduction

01:37 About Tabitha

01:57 About Mark

02:38 Tabitha’s views on the connection between safety culture and learning

05:17 Mark talks about what impact RAIB recommendations might have on company culture

06:55 Tabitha’s adds more on recommendations that address safety culture

08:41 Mark talks about the language in RAIB reports and how it supports a just culture

10:53 Mark talks about difficulties in establishing underlying factors

11:23 Tabitha on RAIB’s guidance for investigating underlying organisational factors

13:48 Mark talks about RAIB’s products that support corporate memory

15:33 Summary and close

Related links

Rail Accident Investigation Branch web page https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/rail-accident-investigation-branch

How to notify RAIB of an accident https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/notifying-us-of-an-accident 

The Railways (Accident Investigation and Reporting) Regulations 2005 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/1992/contents/made?view=plain 

Accident Investigation and Learning RSSB web page https://www.rssb.co.uk/safety-and-health/learning-from-experience/accident-investigation-and-learning 

RSSB Accident Investigation Training https://www.rssb.co.uk/services-and-resources/training/accident-investigation-training