1 - AS 5022-2001 GUIDELINES FOR RAILWAY SAFETY INVESTIGATION
4 - PREFACE
5 - CONTENTS
6 - FOREWORD
7 - SECTION 1 SCOPE AND GENERAL
7 - 1.1 SCOPE
7 - 1.2 OBJECTIVE
7 - 1.3 APPLICATION
7 - 1.4 REFERENCED DOCUMENT
7 - 1.5 DEFINITIONS
7 - 1.5.1 Evidence
8 - 1.5.2 Lead investigator
8 - 1.5.3 No-blame
8 - 1.5.4 Occurrence
8 - 1.5.5 Responsible authority
8 - 1.5.6 Safety action
8 - 1.5.7 Safety deficiency
8 - 1.5.8 Systemic safety deficiency
8 - 1.6 POST-OCCURRENCE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
8 - 1.7 GENERAL PRINCIPLES
9 - 1.8 TYPES OF INVESTIGATION
9 - 1.8.1 Relationship to investigations by other agencies
9 - 1.8.2 Single and multiple railway authority/organization involvement
10 - 1.9 INVOLVEMENT OF OTHER PARTIES
11 - SECTION 2 INVESTIGATION PROCEDURE
11 - 2.1 SUMMARY OF STEPS
13 - 2.2 PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE
13 - 2.3 LEVEL OF INVESTIGATION
13 - 2.4 SELECTING AND APPOINTING THE INVESTIGATOR
13 - 2.4.1 Competencies
14 - 2.4.2 Independence of the investigator
14 - 2.4.3 Conflict of interest
14 - 2.5 TERMS OF REFERENCE
14 - 2.5.1 Responsibility
15 - 2.5.2 Contents
16 - 2.6 ESTABLISHING AND CONDUCTING THE INVESTIGATION
16 - 2.6.1 Resources
16 - 2.6.2 Legislative provisions
16 - 2.6.3 Planning the investigation
17 - 2.6.4 Collection of evidence
17 - 2.6.5 Document identification and collection
18 - 2.6.6 Interview of participants
18 - 2.6.7 Rules of evidence
18 - 2.6.8 Information analysis
19 - 2.7 DEVELOPING CONCLUSIONS
19 - 2.8 REPORTING OF SAFETY ACTIONS
20 - 2.9 REPORTING
20 - 2.9.1 Reporting sequence
20 - 2.9.2 Format of final report
23 - APPENDIX A - POST-OCCURRENCE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
24 - APPENDIX B - DETERMINATION OF LEVEL OF AN INVESTIGATION BASED ON OCCURRENCE SEVERITY
25 - APPENDIX C - CHECKLIST OF TECHNICAL ITEMS OF EVIDENCE WHICH MAY BE COLLECTED
27 - APPENDIX D - CHECKLIST OF INFORMATION ON HUMAN FACTORS