Rail transport is a complex, safety-critical system which experiences catastrophic events.
Systems theory-based approaches have been applied to understand risk and safety …

Fatigue is an important workplace risk management issue. Within the rail industry, the
passing of a stop signal (signal passed at danger; SPAD) is considered to be one of the …

Signal passed at danger (SPAD) is the most frequent cause of rail accidents as confirmed by
relevant investigation in the field. The purpose of this paper was to identify the trends in …

Excessive physical demand at work has traditionally been connected with adverse health
outcomes, but excessive sitting is now also being recognised as an occupational hazard …

Through systems thinking it is recognised that human error is not a matter of personal
control, but an emergent property of overall system design. In the context of rail, Signal …

The incidence of driving a train through a stop signal continues to have implications for
safety on railways. Industry rulebooks advise how to manage these events, but there has …

While many countries have dual-driver (“two-up”) modes in freight rail, driver shortage
creates increasing pressure to move to single-driver operations. While this change has …

Signal passed at danger (SPAD) events have been a perennial issue in rail and requires
continued scholarship. Much of the literature has tended to focus on activities within the train …

Working effectively requires judgement to balance risks while achieving work goals, one of
which is safety. Existing occupational health and safety risk assessment theories …

In the process of intelligent driving technology development, the performance of human–
machine systems for high-speed train driving tasks has been scrutinized and challenged …