Approval for Railroad Safety Management System
TS conducts regular and frequent inspection every year on whether the railroad operation has - and is running – a railroad safety management system that meets the requirements as per the Railroad Safety Act so that citizens can trust
Subject
25 railroad operation
Inspection team
Inspector of TS, External expert
Approval process
After an approval request of the railroad operation for its railroad safety management system, document inspection and on-site inspection are conducted as to whether the system fulfills the technical standards* of the railroad safety management system
※ Consists of 137 items such as the railroad safety management, risk management, accident investigation and report, interior checkup, emergency response plan, emergency response training, educational training, safety information management, operational safety management, maintenance of rolling stock and facilities, etc.
Approval procedure of the railroad safety management system
Approval Inspection
- Data collection and standardization
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- At least 20 days, pre-discuss request with an railroad operation (Railroad operation ↔ TS)
- Applying for approval
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- Forms in Annex 1 and 2 of the Enforcement Regulations of the Railroad Safety Ac (Railroad operation → TS)
- Application form and required documents to be submitted 90 days Before the planned operation
- Request inspection
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- Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport → TS
- Review of required documents and any supplementation
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- Reviewing the required documents for application and making any supplementation (TS → Railroad operation)
- Establishing and notifying the approval inspection plan
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- Within 15 days of filing the application form and documents (TS → Railroad operation)
- Document inspection
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- Whether the submitted documents meet the safety criteria (TS)
- Notifying the request for supplementation (TS → Railroad operation)
- Submitting the supplementation results (Railroad operation → TS)
- Reviewing the supplementation results
- On-site inspection
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- On the feasibility and effectiveness of the safety management system (TS)
- Notifying the request for supplementation (TS → Railroad operation)
- Submitting the supplementation results (Railroad operation → TS)
- Reviewing the supplementation results
- Reporting result of approval inspection
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- Preparing and reporting the formal result (TS → Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport)
- Issuing an approval Certificate
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- Approval certificate under the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
- Form in Annex 2 of the Enforcement Regulations of the Railroad Safety Act (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport - Railroad operation)
※ The procedures for change approval inspection shall also be as above.
Regular Inspection
- Establishing the annual regular inspection plan
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- Establishing and notifying the annual regular inspection plan for the following year before the end of November (TS - Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport)
- Request for verification of conformity
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- Requesting verification document of conformity per category of the regular inspection (TS → Subject railroad operation)
- Establishing and notifying the regular inspection plan
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- 7 days prior to the regular inspection (TS→ Subject railroad operation)
- Submit verification of conformity
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- Submitting verification document of conformity per category of the regular inspection (Subject railroad operation - TS)
- Document inspection
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- nspection of document serving as proof of conformity (TS)
- On-site inspection
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- On the implementation and effectiveness of the approved safety management system (TS)
- Reporting result
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- Report to be submitted within 15 days of completing regular inspection (TS → Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport)
- Notification of corrective action
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- Notification of regular inspection results (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport - Subject railroad operation)
- Corrective action
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- Submitting a corrective action plan and reporting completion (Subject organization - Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport/TS)
- Checking the implementation of corrective action (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport - TS)
- Notification of corrective acaResults analysis and reportingtion
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- Results analysis and reporting on an
annual basis
- By end of February of the following year (TS Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport)
- Results analysis and reporting on an
annual basis
Frequent Inspection
- Establishing and notifying the frequent inspection plan
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- 7 days prior to the frequent inspection (TS → Subject railroad operation)
- Request data on railroad accident and operational failure
- Submitting data on railroad accident and operational failure
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- Submitting data and materials on railroad accident and operational failure (Subject railroad operation →TS)
- Document inspection
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- Reporting result
- On-site inspection
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- On the implementation and effectiveness of the approved safety management system (TS)
- Reporting result
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- Reporting to be filed within 15 days of completing frequent inspection (TS → Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport)
- Notification of corrective action
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- Notification of test results (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport → Subject railroad operation)
- Corrective action
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- Submitting a corrective action plan and reporting completion (Subject organization → Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport/TS)
- Checking the implementation of corrective action (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport → TS)
- Results analysis and reporting
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- Results analysis and reporting on an
annual basis
- By end of February of the following year (TS Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport)
- Results analysis and reporting on an
annual basis