015b/03

Recommendation Date
Recipient Name
NZ Railways Corporation
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Ensure that all employees who carry out safety-critical duties within the operations area receive formal training in fatigue awareness and management with priority being given to shift workers. Such courses should also be made available to staff members’ families and be completed by the end of 2004.
Reply Text
[Tranz Rail accepts this recommendation.]

[TAIC comment: New Zealand Railways Corporation has since taken over responsibility for train control and the rail track. Implementation of this recommendation as it relates to components for which New Zealand Railways Corporation is responsible is now in the hands of that organisation.]
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