A REPORT from the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) into the death of two track workers at Margam, South Wales, on July 3, 2019, has resulted in 11 recommendations - nine of them addressed to Network Rail.
In the Margam incident, two track workers were struck and fatally injured by a passenger train at Margam East Junction on the South Wales main line. A third track worker came very close to being struck.
All three were part of a group of six staff carrying out maintenance on a set of points, with the men struck by an GWR IET train at 50mph.
RAIB says the accident occurred because the three track workers were working on a line that was open to traffic, with no formally appointed lookouts to warn of approaching trains.
All three workers were almost certainly wearing ear defenders, because one of them was using a noisy power tool.