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Annual report 2021
published immediately after the completion of a safety investigation. Of the safety investigations started in previous years, none remained to be completed in 2021. This is reflected in the table below.
Safety investigations completed in 2021
Date of Title of the investigation Legal basis occurrence (Occurrence type, location)
Table 2
Completed
(date)
--i- Basis for investigation: i = pursuant to the Safety directive
No safety investigations were launched during the reporting year that could not be completed in the same year.
Safety investigations commenced in 2021
Table 3
During the last month of the year two similar incidents took place: track breakages in thermit welds. These took place 11.5 km apart, one in the morning and the other in the evening when there were large fluctuations in air temperature. The ESIB gathered additional information about the incident from the railway infrastructure manager as well as the company that performed the welding work. Addressing the circumstances of both cases as part of the preliminary assessment, the ESIB finally prepared an opinion the following year. The ESIB did not consider it expedient to initiate a safety investigation into either case.
Date of occurrence Title of the investigation Legal basis (Occurrence type, location)
--I Basis for investigation: i = pursuant to the safety directive
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