The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has launched a ‘preliminary examination’ into a near-miss accident of a track worker and a passenger train on 4 January near Fishguard, Pembrokeshire.
The track worker was the person in charge (PIC) and controller of site safety for a small team carrying out vegetation clearance work. The planned system of work mandated that the track workers were to remain at least 2m from the open line.
However, as the train approached the site of work around a tight curve at around 53mph (85kmh), its driver saw the PIC on the line ahead.
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