Network Rail safety failings contributed to track worker deaths – report
Network Rail’s long-term failure to improve safety was an underlying factor in the deaths of two track workers in South Wales, an investigation has found.
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) said that, over “many years”, the Government-owned company “had not adequately addressed the protection of track workers from moving trains”.
Our investigation report into an accident in which two track workers were struck and fatally injured at Margam East Junction in South Wales on 3 July 2019 has been published https://t.co/NZ0exJ8NYx#Margam#MargamEastJunctionpic.twitter.com/HnlZMVJivr
— RAIB (@raibgovuk) November 12, 2020
Michael “Spike” Lewis, 58, and Gareth Delbridge, 64, died while working for Network Rail near Port Talbot on July 3 last year.
A third track worker “came very close to being struck”, according to the RAIB.
