Notifiable occurrences

• Rail transport operators are required to verbally report Category A notifiable occurrences (rail safety incidents) to ONRSR immediately - by phoning 1800 430 888 (24 hours / 7 days).

• Written reports of Category A notifiable occurrences are required to be submitted within 7 days via the ONRSR Portal.

• Category B notifiable occurrences require an initial written report within 72 hours of the occurrence and a complete data submission within 14 days via the ONRSR Portal.

• Category C notifiable occurrences (counts) are required to be reported annually within 6 months of the operators reporting period via the ONRSR Portal.

Note: Specific notifiable occurrences are on-reported to the Australian Transport Safety Bureau by ONRSR, which meets the reporting requirements of the Transport Safety Investigation Act 2003.

The requirements for reporting notifiable occurrences as Category A, B or C occurrences under Regulation 57 of the Rail Safety National Law National Regulations 2012, are set out in:

The above documents when used with the ONRSR Portal also covers the reporting of drug and alcohol testing as required by Regulation 28 of the Rail Safety National Law National Regulations 2012 and sets the Regulator’s requirements for the manner in which a notifiable occurrence must be reported under Regulation 57(4).

The awareness of and ongoing trend monitoring of reported notifiable occurrences provides vital information for input into ONRSR’s risk-based regulatory decision making processes that inform its work program and is used for reporting on rail safety performance.