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A guide to staying safe with Northern Rail
Safety culture strategy
Northern has a safety strategy which aims to influence organisational health and safety.
Safety, Security and Environmental Plan
The Northern Safety, Security and Environmental Plan describes the initiatives and actions being taken to deliver elements of the strategic goals in our Safety Culture Strategy in any particular year
Operations risk strategy
Northern has a policy of reducing safety of the line incidents by the adoption of appropriate measures which reduce the occurrence of, and mitigate the consequences of an operational safety incident.
MD's policy statement
In accordance with the Health and Safety at Work Act, Northern has a safety policy statement that reflects our organisational and safety management culture.
Station management
Northern is the Infrastructure Manager at 471 stations.
Secure stations
Northern recognises the importance of customer security and has measures in place to make customers feel secure.
Aiming to prevent Accidents
All accidents, incidents and near misses which occur to staff, contractors employees, customers and members of the public are reported and are investigated.
Safety awards and certifications
Our safety management system is independently certificated to the international safety standard BS OHSAS 18001
Customer safety
Approximately 83,548,000 passenger journeys were made on Northern train services in 2008, during which 76 customers incurred accidents that resulted in hospital treatment, roughly 1 in every 10 million journeys!