Included in this article are:


  • General principles of the new form
  • Two attached documents at the bottom of this page:
    • Personal accident form input guidance
    • Personal accident release note

General principles of the new form


Scope

The Personal Accident form replaces the following previously available SMIS forms:

  • Assault and abuse
  • Awkward body movement
  • Electric shock*
  • Exposure to hazardous condition
  • Exposure to hazardous substance
  • Person interaction
  • Slip trip fall
  • Other event resulting in injury or fatality


If you intend to record a personal accident event in SMIS, you should use the Personal Accident form. You will be able to select the specific sub-event type from the list above within the Personal Accident form. For definitions on the above listed personal accident types, including example event scenarios, please refer to the Personal Accident sub-event definition page.

 

*Please note that Electric shock events are now recorded within the Person interaction sub-event.


Only one sub-event and one prior sub-event per form

A safety event recorded using the Personal Accident form must contain one main sub-event (generally selected based on the last incident that happened). You also have the option of adding only one prior sub-event to the form.


Why only one prior sub-event?

This is in order to simplify the recording of personal accident events. It also more closely aligns the level of detail asked for on the form to the information the inputter typically has available to them and the level of detail that is required in the analysis of outputs.


Only a limited number of prior sub-events to select from

 

As well as being able to add a main personal accident related sub-event listed above (eg. Person interaction, slip trip fall etc.), there is also the option to add one of the below prior sub-event on the personal accident form:

  • Incorrect level crossing usage
  • Person in a prohibited area
  • Railway operating incident
  • Train fault


Why only a limited number of prior sub-events?

The availability of the four non personal accident specific sub-events is based on credible and commonly used event scenarios which often result in injuries.


When should the Personal Accident form be used?


The Personal Accident form should be used in the following instances: 


  1. Personal Accident events which include:
    • Assaults and abuse
    • Awkward body movements
    • People receiving electric shocks
    • People being exposed to hazardous conditions
    • People being exposed to hazardous substances
    • People interacting with things (ie. people, animals, objects, trains etc.)
    • Slip, trips and falls involving people
    • Other events resulting in injury or fatality such as drug overdoses or injuries due to natural causes.
  2. Near-misses involving people
  3. Personal accidents which occur as a result of one of the following event types:
    • Incorrect level crossing usage, eg:
      • Person injured after being struck on head by Level Crossing barrier when attempting to cross after the barriers had started the lowering sequence.
    • Person in a prohibited area, eg:
      • Person tripping and falling whilst trespassing.
      • Person struck by train whilst trespassing
      • Person involved in a near-miss with train whilst trespassing
    • Railway operating incident
    • Train fault, eg:
      • Passenger cut leg on a defective train seat.


When should the Personal Accident form not be used?


The Personal Accident form should not be used in the following instances: 


  1. Non-Personal accident events
  2. Any diagnosed instance of an employee/contractor suffering from an illness, disease or condition that is related to working on the railway - use Workforce ill health record
  3. Injuries which are the result of travelling in a road vehicle - use Non-rail vehicle colliding with animal, object or another road vehicle
  4. Any injury which is the result of:


For  all exclusion types 1,2, 3 & 4 please follow the existing Safety event reporting principles. 


For exclusions 2, 3  & 4 to add the injury to the form, please follow the old method of adding injuries onto a non-personal accident form. 



Environmental events associated with an injury


When an Environmental event results in an injury, please record the environmental event separately on the Environmental contamination form and create a separate Personal Accident event to record the injury. 


For example, a 'Person exposed to asbestos...' ( Personal Accident) '...which was released into the air' (Environmental contamination ).


There are four new ways to record location for running line and on-board train events


  • The four new ways to add the location are only for running line and on-board train events. They improve data quality by allowing the inputter to record a range of locations when the exact location is not known. The geographical location of the train involved in on-board train events can now be recorded. The new ways to record the location of running line and on-board train events also allows for future mapping capabilities. 


For further assistance


Please see other available Personal Accident form guidance materials:


Training on SMIS input and Business Intelligence extraction are available. Please visit the RSSB website here to book on the next available course.

If you require further help or advice regarding the personal accident form please contact the Industry Systems Service Desk.