HIDD-4 Response Historic

Urgently ensure and document independent wire counts during testing procedures

Recommendation

BR shall urgently ensure that an independent wire count is carried out as a matter of practice during testing. It shall be the responsibility of the person in overall charge of testing to ensure and to document that an independent wire count has been done. This function may be delegated to works staff who did not do the work.

Published Evidence Summary
The following publicly available evidence relates to this recommendation:
No formal government response has been recorded for this recommendation. No independent verification has been carried out.
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Jurisdiction
UK-wide
Response
Historic

No government response recorded.

Source
Inquiry Hidden Inquiry
Report Hidden Inquiry — Final Report 27 Sep 1989
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Themes & Tags
Quality and safety oversight Staff training and development
Recommendation age 36.7 yrs
Last formal update No formal updates