TSB WATCHLIST

Presentation to 2010 Operation Lifesaver

Martin Lacombe, MemberTransportation Safety Board of Canada

Aylmer, QuebecSeptember 15, 2010

Outline

• TSB mandate• TSB Watchlist• Specific accidents• Recommendations (progress/update)• Positive developments

TSB Mandate

To advance transportation safety in the air, marine, rail and pipeline modes of transportation that are under federal jurisdiction by:

• conducting independent investigations• identifying safety deficiencies• identifying causes and contributing factors• making recommendations• publishing reports

Fishing vessel safety

Emergency preparedness on ferries

Passenger trains colliding with vehicles

Operation of longer,heavier trains

Risk of collisions on runways

Controlled flight into terrain

Landing accidents and runway overruns

Safety Management Systems

Data recorders

WATCHLIST

Fishing vessel safety

Emergency preparedness on ferries

Passenger trains colliding with vehicles

Operation of longer,heavier trains

Risk of collisions on runways

Controlled flight into terrain

Landing accidents and runway overruns

Safety Management Systems

Data recorders

WATCHLIST

Track angle at crossing , Kingston Subdivision, Pincourt/Terrase-Vaudreuil, QC

Fishing vessel safety

Emergency preparedness on ferries

Passenger trains colliding with vehicles

Operation of longer,heavier trains

Risk of collisions on runways

Controlled flight into terrain

Landing accidents and runway overruns

Safety Management Systems

Data recorders

WATCHLIST

Aerial photo of derailed cars, Cobourg. ON

Fishing vessel safety

Emergency preparedness on ferries

Passenger trains colliding with vehicles

Operation of longer,heavier trains

Risk of collisions on runways

Controlled flightinto terrain

Landing accidents and runway overruns

Safety Management Systems

Data recorders

WATCHLIST

Derailed locomotive, Lillooet, BC

Fishing vessel safety

Emergency preparedness on ferries

Passenger trains colliding with vehicles

Operation of longer,heavier trains

Risk of collisions on runways

Controlled flightinto terrain

Landing accidents and runway overruns

Safety Management Systems

Data recorders

WATCHLIST

Derailed freight train, McBride, BC

Pincourt

2 Key Safety Issues

• The risk of truck/train collisions at level crossings on the Québec-Windsor rail corridor.

• The adequacy of Emergency Contact Information signage posted at railway crossings.

Pincourt—Update

That TC conduct safety assessments of level crossings … and ensure that defences… mitigate the risk of truck/train collisions.

R09-01Satisfactory intent

That TC implement standards to improve … emergency contact signage at railway crossings.

R09-02Satisfactory intent

Mallorytown

Mallorytown—Update

That TC [and] provincial governments expedite implementation of a national standard for low ground clearance advance warning signs at railway crossings.

R09-04Satisfactory

intent

Other TSB Recommendations

• “That CN … identify and mitigate risks to safety as required by its SMS, and that TC require CN to do so.”

R09-03

Satisfactory intent• “That … design specifications for locomotive

event recorders include provisions regarding the survivability of data.”

R02-04

Fully satisfactory

Summary

• TSB Watchlist:• Operation of longer, heavier trains• Passenger trains colliding with vehicles• Data recorders• SMS

• Pincourt, Mallorytown: progress is being made

Questions?