Training of restaurant personnel for exceptional circumstances - Safety Investigation Authority, Finland

Suosituksen perustelu

The train waitresses had not been instructed in how to stop the cars in an emergency. The training should address matters such as how to stop a train in an emergency, how to use a handbrake, and how to open the doors in various car types in an emergency. The training should target all personnel, and it should be updated whenever new stock is introduced.

Recommendation

Training in the use of device, which are important for safety reason, should be organised for restaurant car personnel also.

Toimenpide-ehdotukset

The train waitresses had not been instructed in how to stop the cars in an emergency. The training should address matters such as how to stop a train in an emergency, how to use a handbrake, and how to open the doors in various car types in an emergency. The training should target all personnel, and it should be updated whenever new stock is introduced.

Investigation report

B1/2010R Collision of passenger cars with a rail barrier and eventually the wall of an office building at the Helsinki Central Railway Station, Finland, on 4 January 2010