RAIL SAFETY

Ensure your workers get home safely every day

If your company moves trains, you’re required to ensure your workers are properly assessed.

By identifying and addressing physical, cognitive or behavioural conditions that may affect driving ability, our specialist team can ensure that your workers have the physical and mental health to perform their roles carefully and effectively to ensure they get home safely every day.

Our health screening vans and visiting health professionals can perform driver and rail medicals on-site, saving time and hassle. Alternatively, employees can come to one of our clinics.

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Benefits of rail medicals

  • Keep our rail network safe
  • Improve worker wellbeing and performance
  • Meet your WHS goals
  • Reduce worker’s compensation claims and insurance fees
  • Minimise the risk of absenteeism after injury
  • Prevent accidents and maintain a positive brand image

Health conditions that affect safety

  • Musculoskeletal conditions
  • Cardiovascular disease
  • Neurological disorders
  • Psychiatric disorders
  • Sleep disorders
  • Blackouts
  • Diabetes
  • Vision impairments
  • Substance misuse or abuse

Our rail medicals confirm whether your workers’ health is a safety risk.

Rail medicals

Manage safety risks posed by the ill health of your team with a CAT 1, CAT 2 or CAT 3 Rail Medical and wellness management program.

CAT 1 Rail Medical

A Category 1 Rail Medical is the highest medical certification. It applies to workers who perform safety-critical work and whose sudden incapacity may lead to a serious incident that affects public safety or the rail network.

A CAT 1 Rail Medical includes:

CAT 2 Rail Medical

A Category 2 Rail Medical applies to rail workers who perform safety-critical work where sudden incapacity won’t jeopardise public safety or the rail network.

A Category 2 Rail Medical includes:

CAT 3 Rail Medical

A Category 3 Rail Medical applies to workers who perform non-safety critical work and whose health and fitness won’t directly impact commuters or colleagues. It assesses a worker’s ability to move through the rail corridor, function under supervision and reach a safe place in the event of an emergency.

A CAT 3 Rail Medical includes:

GENERAL HEALTH ASSESSMENTS

Frequently asked questions

Here are some of the most common questions we get asked about our rail medical assessments.

All rail workers must have a Rail Safety Worker Medical under the National Standard for Health Assessment of Rail Safety Workers. We’re skilled and accredited in performing both.

The Rail Safety National Law (NSW) views any employee performing the below duties as a rail safety worker:

  • Train operation
  • Infrastructure construction and maintenance
  • Any other tasks that the transport agency deems as rail safety work

Yes, a contractor does need a CAT 3 Rail Medical if it’s relevant to their role. Rail industry contractors must meet the same health requirements outlined in the National Standard for Health Assessment of rail safety workers as in-house employees.

Yes. Our approved health professionals have extensive experience in performing rail workers’ safety medicals and pre-employment medicals in one visit. We can carry out any combination of health assessments your business requires.

While it’s a legal requirement for a rail safety worker to undertake periodic medicals, the frequency of these assessments varies depending on the relevant category:

CAT 1 & 2

  • Before entering employment
  • Every 5 years until age 50
  • Every 2 years from age 50 to age 60
  • Every year from age 60 onwards

CAT 3

  • Before entering employment
  • At age 40
  • Every 5 years from age 40 onwards
  • Manage safety risks posed by the ill health of your team with a CAT 1, CAT 2 or CAT 3 Rail Medical and wellness management program.