Prohibition Notices
Information on Prohibition notices issued by ORR since 1 April 2006 are available for download as Adobe Acrobat PDF files below.
| Company | Brief description | Issue date | Compliance date | Result | |
| West Somerset Railway Company | There are no guards fitted to prevent approach and contact with the dangerous parts the horizontal milling machines, and the radial arm drilling machine. Also the trip device fitted to the radial arm drill does not provide adequate protection and persons may therefore become entangled on the rotating cutters or shafts. | 26 Jun 2008 | 26 Jun 2008 | Complied | |
| Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd | The use of a Zollner type look out operated warning system equipment does not provide a reliable warning of approaching trains and cannot ensure that a safe system of work is being maintained as staff may not be able to reach a position of safety. | 8 May 2008 | 9 May 2008 | Complied | |
| Tube Lines Limited | Inadequate performance of the braking system of the Consillia MEC-4 motorised track trolleys and trailers will give rise to the risk of injury to persons at work. | 23 Jan 2008 | 23 Jan 2008 | Complied | |
| Timothy Leonard Webster t/a TL & CW Webster | A risk of trains colliding with agriculture vehicles at the Oakwood Field user worked crossing, and therefore employees should be briefed on the need to close the crossing gates. | 19 Oct 2007 | 19 Oct 2007 | Complied | |
| Cholsey and Wallingford Railway Preservation Society | Space between stabled rolling stock and platform line at Wallingford Station and also space between the head-shunt and the running line in insufficient. | 24 Oct 2007 | 24 Oct 2007 | Complied | |
| Dean Forest Railway Company Ltd | Track geometry is significantly out of gauge and not fit for running trains. | 5 Sep 2007 | None set | Complied | |
| Tube Lines Ltd | Persons not in your employment are at risk of injury from slips, trips or falls caused by the uneven surface created by the breaking out of the floor at Euston Station. | 10 Sep 2007 | 10 Sep 2007 | Complied | |
| Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd | Work on the roof of Hudson’s Place Offices should be prohibited until the structural integrity of the roof and parapets is proved to be able to take a persons weight | 2 Apr 2007 | 2 Apr 2007 | Complied | |
| Dartmoor Railway | Insufficent protection for trackworkers oiling fishplates, causing a near miss incident involving a train leaving Meldon. | 22 Feb 2007 | 23 Feb 2007 | Complied | |
| Network Rail South East | Storage of materials, rubbish, barriers and trolleys at Charing Cross Station between Platforms 5 & 6 compactor room are causing risk to staff from fire/general health and safety issues. Room to be cleared of all rubbish and to be used for proper purpose. | 18 Dec 2006 | 18 Dec 2006 | Complied | |
| J Tighe Company Ltd | Grit blasting and painting of railway viaduct at Liskeard. Paint being removed contains high level of lead. | 1 Nov 2006 | 1 Nov 2006 | Complied | |
| Dean Forest Railway Company Ltd | Risk of serious personal injury due to presence of materials containing asbestos scattered at points along road and adjacent to it. | 12 Oct 2006 | 12 Oct 2006 | Complied | |
| May Gurney Ltd | Suitable and sufficient steps have not been taken to prevent persons from falling from edge of roof/scaffold at March Station. | 14 Sep 2006 | 14 Sep 2006 | Complied | |
| Bodmin & Wenford Railway plc | Engineer Surveyor carrying out a plant inspection crushed between jib and winding drum. | 29 Aug 2006 | 10 Oct 2006 | Complied | |
