Risk profile topic strategies

Topics strategies identify HMRI’s operational policy, strategic aims and, at high level, potential work streams, for ensuring that risks associated with topic(s) are properly managed by duty holders. They give the Inspectorate a focus on key issues for the control of catastrophic and other significant risks. The strategies are based on evidence and risk.

The strategies encompass all the railways for which ORR is responsible under the Health and Safety (Enforcing Authority for Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems) Regulations 2006, i.e. heavy rail, light rail, metro systems, trams and heritage railways.

Further information on the background, purpose, origins of the topic strategies and how they relate to the ORR Corporate Strategy are in the Introduction document to the 2006/07 strategies which is a right hand related link. You can access the new introduction to the strategies and the specific strategy summaries from the links below.

1. Introduction to topic strategies
2. Employee Safety
3. Command Control Signalling
4. Level Crossings
5. Track, including switches and crossings
6. Health and Safety Management Systems and Risk Assessment
7. Human Factors
8. Occupational Health
9. Traction supply systems
10. Railway Operations
11. Rolling stock 
12. Route Crime
13. Stations 
14. Structures
15. Vehicle and animal incursion