I would like to put it out there and ask would a wrong route be and operational incident ? or a safety of the line incident ?, some TOC'S say one thing some say another so which is it ?
My driving record is called my Safety of the Line record by my TOC and has a list of all incidents I am involved in. It is not a poor reflection of my driving, just a record of incidents I have been involved in.
When I have an incident it is an "operating incident" every incident gets called that and there was a shift recently that moved SPAD's into that category until they have been correctly classified.
What we have is a situation that has NR call things A and TOC's call things B. Personally, I try not to worry about it. Operating incident is an umbrella term for everything that happens out there. When it comes down to the investigation the incidents get dealt with differently. For Drivers it will often go down on their Safety record but that still is just another umbrella term.
Each incident is dealt with differently. If you go flying through a station due to slip then it will still go on your record, even if your exonerated. It is still important to have the record as it can often show how you dealt with it. Did you adhere to the brake policy etc ?
Drivers up for disciplinary get their records looked at in fine detail and again, each incident is looked at more specifically. Was policy followed previously, was it speed related, was it driving related, is there a trend, was the development plan followed ? The record will help DM's make decisions on training, development plans, and potential dismissal.