CSM Compliance

No doubt you have projects which will require Hazard Identification sessions irrelevant of the status of the CSM-RA or RIR significance. Through trial and error, we have developed a methodology which is interactive, engaging and effective resulting in a successful workshop.

We encourage free thinking from attendees whilst focusing on our client’s needs. The production of Briefs, Reports and Hazard Records is all part of the service.

The Project Hazard Record is the heart of the CSM-RA assessment and as a result will contain the evidence that is assessed by the Assessment Body (AsBo); this will form the basis of the Safety Assessment Report. We can ensure that your Hazard Record;

• identifies, details and captures all reasonably foreseeable hazards and the associated competencies

• Recognizes any hazards that will require formal transfer to a third party for its control

• clearly identifies in detail the control measures in relation to the chosen risk acceptance principle

• has the appropriate tools within it to automatically populate the Record specifically regarding responsibilities, risk assessment for being broadly acceptable, post-control assessment etc.

Railway Assurance have a clear process for producing a project specific Hazard Management Plan. All projects will have an effective hazard management activities which aligns with the projects ‘System Definition’ document and manages how compliance is achieved through close collaboration between stakeholders and developed throughout the programme life cycle.

A consistent hazard management approach is adopted for all railway systems and operations activities to achieve the objectives of any project. Railway Assurances uses templates that have been developed specifically for the effective production of the hazard record and the hazard transfer forms recognised throughout the industry.

We are proficient in producing CSM-RA compliant System Safety Plans both at programme level and at project level. These documents can be combined with the Systems Definition (if the client wishes) (Called a Project Authorisation Strategy and System Definition document (PAS-SD)) so that one project level document is created satisfying the requirements of the Regulation.

This approach has been endorsed by NRAP and various Assessment Bodies on several of the projects we have supported.

Our Safety Justification Report provides a one stop collection of evidence that demonstrates and validates the arguments of the system being introduced. This document provides confidence that the system is adequately safe by highlighting the compliance of combined systems for an effective railway application.