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4: Reporting loose and missing nuts

From Formal Inquiry: Potters Bar derailment of 10 May 2002 — Final Report (RSSB FI2013/F), published 18 March 2005.

Recommendation

The requirements for reporting loose and missing nuts on adjustable stretcher bars should be reviewed. This review should consider the need for fault reporting systems to distinguish between different types of stretcher bars.

Jurisdiction: UK-wide
Page: 149
Reference: 5.5

Government response

No government response to this recommendation is on the record yet.

Delivery

No statement on delivery from the addressee has been found in the sources searched (last checked 27 February 2026). This is separate from the response above.

Source

Inquiry Potters Bar Investigation
Report Formal Inquiry: Potters Bar derailment of 10 May 2002 — Final Report (RSSB FI2013/F) 18 Mar 2005
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Themes and tags

Corporate data issues Quality and safety oversight Public Infrastructure Physical Hazards
Recommendation made 21.6 years ago