Health and safety enforcement

Driver sentenced to eight months imprisonment for causing crash

10 January 2023
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A train driver has been found guilty of breaching Section 7a of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 and sentenced to eight months imprisonment, suspended for 18 months, following a prosecution brought by the Office of Rail and Road.

Responses to RAIB reports 2013

6 April 2022
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Our responses to the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) in relation to their recommendations published in 2013.

Prohibition notices

21 February 2022
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Our inspectors normally enforce health and safety standards by giving advice on how to comply with the law. Sometimes they must order people to make improvements by issuing them with a notice, for example a prohibition notice, which prohibits an activity until remedial action has been taken.

Responses to RAIB reports 2011

8 December 2021
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Our responses to the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) in relation to their recommendations published in 2011.