The Santiago rail crash happened over 11 years ago, and the judge has now ruled on the responsibility for the crash. One of the factors was a failure to do a risk assessment of two changes to the project. The Safety Director who signed off the line as safe, without the required risk assessments, has been given a 2.5 year jail term. James Catmur was an assistant to an expert witness in the court case, making the argument that the failure to do the required risk assessments was fundamental. Come and hear about the accident, the court case, and what caused the accident. It has set a precedent that not doing a common safety methods for risk assessment (CSM-RA) can result in a criminal conviction.
Accident date (24th July 2013)
James Catmur has worked on risk management in railways since the Clapham accident. This has included working with railways in numerous countries to help them improve risk management. He has acted as an expert witness on several major railway accidents. He is fluent in Spanish.