Network Rail Control Hand & Eye Injuries
April 2017
Our eyes and hands are things we take for granted. In the past year the workforce of Network Rail has suffered. There has been 180+ eye injuries and 570+ hand injuries.
In order to combat this level of injury and reduce workplace incidents Network Rail has worked with the Rail Contractor Safety Forum (RCSF) and the Infrastructure Safety Liaison Group (ISLG) and have agreed that this level of injury is unacceptable.
From the 1st April 2017 Principle Contractors working at a Network Rail Infrastructure Projects worksite will have in place suitable systems to control the risk of eye and hand injuries. The basic principle will be that all staff working on site will as a minimum wear appropriate eye protection and general purpose gloves that meet the Cut5 standard.
The Principal Contractor will determine where specific hand or eye protection is required as specified by a risk assessment for that activity, based on task, site and environmental risks (including weather conditions).
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