Critical Review Report Assignment -

Case Study -

Rationale - Students of Safety and Risk Management need to understand and be able to apply safety management principles. A major part of the application of safety and risk management principles is the skill to analyse and evaluate safety incidence and to identify weaknesses and failures that led to safety breaches or major incidents. The analysis of Case Studies will develop students' skills in risk management and practical application of theory.

Task - There have been many train crashes in Australia and overseas as a result of safety breaches. Choose one train incident that has occurred as a result of safety breaches and, with supporting evidence, discuss how safety breaches contributed to the train crash. In some cases, multiple breaches have led to the incident. Choose the safety breaches you feel contributed most heavily to the incident that you have chosen to discuss. Detail any changes to policy or practice that resulted from the incident and how this was implemented. Use evidence from existing literature to support the discussion.

Criteria - Your assignment will be assessed on the following:

• Academic writing style.
• Depth of discussion of the safety breaches which lead to the incident.
• Depth of discussion of the changes to policy or practice that resulted from the incident.
• Use of evidence to support the discussion using the APA referencing system.