Prosecutions
Information on Prosecutions by ORR since 1 April 2006 are available for download as Adobe Acrobat PDF files below.
| Company prosecuted | Brief description | Offence date | Court hearing | Result |
| Amey Rail Limited | Failure to ensure the safety of employees and others who might be affected by its work, which resulted in the death of a track worker who was struck by a passenger train when stepping down from the cab of an engineering train. | 11 Jun 2005 | 29 May 2008 | £20,000 |
| Balfour Beatty Rail Projects Ltd | During overnight work to upgrade WCML, overhead line remained live. Despite warnings about their isolation procedures from own safety staff, no improvements were made resulting in employee of Elec -Track Installations suffering burns after receiving electric shock from overhead line. | 1 Jul 2003 | 9 May 2008 | £200,000 |
| GT Railway Maintenance Ltd | During overnight work to upgrade WCML, overhead line remained live. Despite warnings about their isolation procedures from own safety staff, no improvements were made resulting in employee of Elec -Track Installations suffering burns after receiving electric shock from overhead line. | 1 Jul 2003 | 9 May 2008 | £200,000 |
| Elec-Track Installations | During overnight work to upgrade WCML, overhead line remained live. Despite warnings about their isolation procedures from own safety staff, no improvements were made resulting in employee of Elec -Track Installations suffering burns after receiving electric shock from overhead line. | 1 Jul 2003 | 9 May 2008 | £200,000 |
| English, Welsh and Scottish Railways Ltd | Failure to maintain the electrical control and indication apparatus, that resulted in a maintenance fitter coming into contact with a live 25k overhead line whilst working on top of a locomotive and sustaining 30% burns. |
11 Jan 2006 |
26 Jun 2007 | £30,000 |
| Kier Rail | Train struck two loaded wheelbarrows being used by contractors who were repointing brickwork at Manor Park Station. The train was not derailed and the contractors received only minor injuries. | 19 Mar 2006 | 18 Apr 2007 | £5,000 |
| Balfour Beatty Rail Infrastructure Ltd | Track worker was electrocuted and fatally injured through coming into contact with the live third rail. | Aug 2003 | 19 Feb 2007 | £180,000 |
| Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd | A track worker acting as a lookout, was hit a by a train and suffered fatal injuries. Inadequate precautions had been taken to plan a safe system of work. | 5 Apr 2005 | 13 Nov 2006 | £130,000 |
| Scotweld Limited | Track worker acting as a lookout, was hit a by a train and suffered fatal injuries. Inadequate precautions had been taken to plan a safe system of work. | 5 Apr 2005 | 13 Nov 2006 | £33,000 |
| Amey Rail Limited | Deficient track maintenance caused the train to derail while passing over a points crossover. Fortunately the train remained upright and there were no injuries amongst the passengers. | 24 Nov 2002 | 12 Sep 2006 | £300,000 |
| Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd | Deficient track maintenance caused the train to derail while passing over a points crossover. Fortunately the train remained upright and there were no injuries amongst the passengers. | 24 Nov 2002 | 12 Sep 2006 | £200,000 |
| GrantRail Limited | Platelayer received an electric shock from the 25,000 volt overhead line equipment at Harlow Mill Station. | 5 May 2002 | 11 May 2006 | £100,000 |
