SANS 3000-1:2009 - Railway Safety Regulator

SANS 3000-1:2009Edition 2SANS 10229-2, Transport of dangerous goods – Packaging and large packaging for road and railtransport – Part 2: Large packaging.SANS 10405, Operational requirements, design and emergency information for the transportation ofdangerous goods by rail.3 Definitions and abbreviationsFor the purposes of this document, the definitions and abbreviations given in the relevant nationalrailway safety legislation (see foreword) and the following apply.3.1 Definitions3.1.1accidentunplanned event that results in harm to people or damage to property or the environment3.1.2adequacy and effectiveness auditaudit to assess the integrity, as defined in the relevant national legislation (see foreword), of theelements and sub-elements of the SMS as they relate to the total system3.1.3asset life cycledesign, construction/manufacturing, commissioning, operation, monitoring, maintenance,modification, decommissioning and disposal of an asset3.1.4compliance auditaudit to assess whether all the elements and sub-elements of the SMS are in place and can besubstantiated3.1.5incidentunplanned event, which, under different circumstances, could have resulted in an accident3.1.6interfacearea, point, or location, either physical or organizational, where two or more operators' activitiesmeet and where the activities have the potential to affect one another.3.1.7intrafacearea, point or location, either physical or organizational, where the activities of two or more of thefunctional disciplines within an operator’s organization meet and have the potential to affect oneanother3.1.8occurrencerailway occurrenceaccident or incident that is managed by an operator in accordance with his/her safety managementsystem6