Transcript Railway Safety Plan and Its Status in Korea

IRSC 2007, Goa, India
Railway Safety Plan and Its
Status in Korea
Sanglog Kwak*, Jonbae Wang, Yunok Cho, Hyukjin Yoon
Korea Railroad Research Institute
National Railway Safety R&D Program Office
About KRRI :
Korea Railroad Research Institute
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About KRRI :
Korea Railroad Research Institute
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Founded in 1996, financed by Korean government
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246 individuals works for railway R&D division and national project
division
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Key research area
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Rolling stock, track & civil engineering, signaling & electrical
engineering, railway policy & operation
National projects
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High speed train development , upgrading conventional railway, design
urban rail transit system, transportation technology, Trans-Korean
railway construction
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National safety R&D program from 2004
Homepage : www.krri.re.kr
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Background :
General information in Korea
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3.7 billion passenger moved 65.4 billion passenger-km
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Railway take more than 25% of passenger-km
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Passenger-km increase 2% every year
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10 TOC operate 99 lines(4,000km)
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Korail operate 80 lines(3,380km)
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9 Metro TOC operate 16 lines(500km)
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1,050 station, 1,510 level crossing(26 accidents, 3 fatalities)
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60% of lines are electrified
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280 individuals work on safety management
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460 accidents, 190 fatalities (40% are attempted suicide)
Experience based safety management  Risk based safety management
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Background : Safety Status
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Background : Safety Status
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Improving safety from 2004
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Background : Accident Cause
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National rail : 253 accidents, Metro : 207 accidents
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Background :
Environmental Change in Korea
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Passenger’s concern on safety
Structural reform of railway industries
 Separation of operator and infrastructure manager
 Change of Health and Safety Act at Work (working hours, shift work)
Metro related accident increase
 Increase number of attempted suicide and slip in the platform
Aging of population
KTX (Korea Train eXpress) operation from 2004
Preparation of international Railway connection
 TSR (Trans Siberian Railway)
 TKR (connection of the North and South Korean Railway)
Electrification of conventional line
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Increasing railway hazards but no railway safety plan by 2004
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Background :
Application of Railway Safety Act
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Railway Safety Act 2004
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Daegue subway train fire accident (191 fatalities)
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Safety Planning (from 2006, annual)
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National wide railway safety program
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Construction of SMS & Safety Case approval (from 2006, biennial)
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Risk Management (from 2008, biennial)
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Safety inspection (from 2006 , biennial)
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Safety technology R&D
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Accident investigation
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Etc.
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The 1st Railway Safety Plan
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TFT from all railway safety related organizations in 2005
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Government, TOCs, research institute joins
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Determine 77 safety measures, budget, schedule
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Requirements for safe operation of the railway system
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Environmental change for railway safety
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Current problems and limitation on safety
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In relation with other plan
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Accident analysis & Risk analysis
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Many iterative work among organization
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The 1st Railway Safety Plan was released in 2006
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Establish annual safety plan from 2006
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Progress management from 2006
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Safety Plan in Korea
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The 6th Transportation Safety Plan
 Transportation Safety Act(1979)
 Including all transportation modes  Road Traffic safety is major concern
 Government and TOCs establish plan
 Passenger & public safety
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The 1st Railway Safety Plan(2005)
 Railway Safety Act (2004)
 All the railway safety related organization have to prepare
 Need for approval of government
 SMS, safety measure, schedule, results, budget
 National safety target and safety index
 Risk management included
 Passenger, public, and staff safety
 Covers all railway related accidents
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Safety management
organizations
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National organization
 Government (MOCT): safety budget, safety policy, safety target, safety
case policy, safety plan, safety standard
 ARAIB : accident investigation, Part of MOCT
 KOTSA : Competency & safety information management, safety case
approval & safety inspection
 KRRI : establishment of safety rules & standards (draft), guidelines,
manuals, risk assessment, safety technology research, support expert to
MOCT & ARAIB, KOTSA
 Korea Rail Network Authority : infrastructure structure manager
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Private organization
 Korail : operate passenger & freight train, traffic control, track &
station maintenance. (Korea National Rail from 2004)
 Metro operating company : 7 metro funded by regional governments
 Private TOCs
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Safety Measures & Budget
in 2007
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The 1st Railway Safety Plan (2006-2010)
 Safety measure in 6 field, 77 projects (6 billion USD )
 Reducing 40% of accidents and fatalities
Safety Plan in 2006
 Staff management 13 projects, 31mil. USD
 Upgrading safety infrastructure : 13 projects. 392 mil. USD
 Rolling stock safety management 16 projects, 558 mil. USD
 Establishment of SMS : 11 projects, 1 mil. USD
 Accident investigation and emergency response system : 14
projects, 7 mil. USD
 R&D on Safety technology : 10 projects, 16mil. USD
Important measures are listed in the paper
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Safety Measures :
Staff management
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Train driver license regulation from 2006
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Management on competency, aptitude test, physical examination, experience on
route, education
Daily examination of driver before on board
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Sleeping time, alcohol / drug test
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Testing tools and question sheet
Monitoring of high risk staff
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Accident related personal, novice driver, etc.
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Change of person’s habit or misunderstanding on work
Training program for safety critical work
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Operation and development of training program
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Evaluation of training program, incentive on staff for safety activity
Preparation of track work guideline
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Working and planning process
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Train warning system, installation of safe area on working place
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Safety Measures :
Infrastructure safety
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High risk 466 level crossing
 Change into over bridge
 Install obstruction detector
Platform
 Screen Door installation
 Safety fence & CCTV
 Emergency train stop button in platform & communication System
Fire Safety
 Emergency evacuation tunnel
 Toxic gas ventilation system
 Warning system, smoke detector, emergency light
 Etc.
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Safety Measure :
Rolling stock safety
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Application of safety standard for collison, derailment, and fire
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Interior material change : Non-toxic gas release in case of fire
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Risk assessment for design approval
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Discharging old rolling stock(> 25years)
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Installation & Upgrade : signaling, comm. System
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Upgrading rolling maintenance equipments
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Etc.
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Safety Measure :
Safety Management System
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Regulation for Safety Case (2006), Risk Assessment (2008)
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Regulation for Trespass, level crossing management
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Regulation for R/S design approval and verification
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SMS for dangerous freight transportation
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SMS will be developed in relation with R&D results
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Safety Measure :
Accident Investigation &
crisis management
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Establishment of ARAIB
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Expertise in investigation
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Cooperation system with other organizations
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Design & construction of accident and safety information system
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Publishing railway safety white paper
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Construction of preliminary traffic control center for emergency
response
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Establishment of security and terror response system
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Advertisement on emergency response
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Safety Measure : Safety
technology R&D
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System engineering for the interface control of research topics
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System safety application( including risk assessment)
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R&D on human factors, training system using simulator
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Testing and evaluation technique for major accident (including
testing infrastructure installation)
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Design and construction of an safety information management
system
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Development of emergency action guideline for designed accident
scenarios
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Development of intelligent level crossing and the improvement of
safety performance
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Transition to Risk Based
Safety Management
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Current national R&D program for railway safety
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System safety & system engineering
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Establishment of safety management system
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Development of assessing & preventing techniques for major
accidents
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13 programs are based on risk assessment
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Results will be reflected in the next safety plan, regulations and rules
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Conclusions and future plan
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Railway safety plan and its status are presented
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1st Railway safety plan became the basis of safety activities
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Safety measures and current status in 6 fields are introduced
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20% of accidents reduced, 4% of passenger increase during
2years
Problems will be reflect in the next plan
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Resistance on new regulation and standards
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Lack of expertise on small TOC’s safety management
organization.
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Consistency among regulation, plans, and standard
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Different schedule between activity and safety budget
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Thank you
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National R&D on railway
safety
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1. System engineering and project management
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2. Hazard analysis and risk assessment for safety management
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3. Establishment of a management system for the human error and the assessment of aptitude
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4. Establishment of a training system using simulators for the human error management
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5. Establishment of safety standards and management system for infrastructure
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6. Establishment of safety standards and management system for rolling stocks
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7. Establishment of safety standards and management system for safety critical S/W
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8. Establishment of safety standards and management system for dangerous freight operation
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9. Development of emergency action guidelines for designed accident scenarios
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10.Design and construction of an safety management information system
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11. Development of test and evaluation techniques for the fire resistance of rolling stocks and
infrastructures
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12. Development of test and evaluation techniques for collision and the improvement of safety
performances
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13. Development of test and evaluation techniques for derailment and the improvement of safety
performances
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14. Development of test and evaluation techniques for train control system and the improvement
of safety performances
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15. Development of intelligent level crossing and the improvement of safety performances
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