Appendix E - Work site related incidents Glynde - 20 April 1997
1 At 09:20 hrs engineers’ train 6Z36 travelling within a work site collided with a scaffolding tower.
The incident occurred due to the PICOP and the train guide not reaching a clear understanding regarding a work site within the possession. The train then passed the work site marker boards at a speed from which it was unable to stop short of the obstruction.
2 Recommendations from the industry investigation into the Glynde industry relevant to the Leigh-on-Sea incident were: the PICOP should have detailed knowledge of the line; and the use of train guides should be discontinued (at the time this was only applicable to the Southern Zone of Railtrack).
3 The use of train guides was abolished in April 1998 and the use of the ‘competent person’ was then introduced into the Rule Book. A ‘competent person’ is a person who is passed as being qualified and has the required knowledge and skills to carry out a particular rule, regulation, instruction or procedure as described in paragraph 106.