Reliability measures.

                    Review of recent loco failure cases revealed glaring lapses in existing Shed maintenance practices.

1.    Bad workmanship(BWM) cases are on rise. No responsibility is fixed on defaulting staff/ supervisors. Action taken & details of punishment imposed against all BWM cases  should be reviewed.

2.    Proper failure investigation- failed locos on arrival in Shed are not thoroughly checked by concerned sectional supervisors & Officers. Action plan is prepared on assumptions & is not based on root cause of failures after detailed investigation. Casually prepared action plan leads to repeated failures for same fault.

3.    Lack of checking of critical parameters & critical work by sectional supervisors is causing line failures. Super checking of critical schedule items by officers and supervisors with endorsement on schedule form should be ensured. Critical scrutiny of schedule forms by officers daily must be done.

4.    Non-supervision of non-schedule work/re-work. Tendency of loco failures after re-work in Shed is major cause of concern.

5.    Tendency to release locos at night without checking by Supervisor & Officers.

6.    Skill & knowledge of staff in failure area not addressed. Things are allowed to drift & failures recur due to same fault again and again. Staff who are not competent are booked to do critical job leading to line failures.

7.    Lack of super-checking by Officers and Supervisors of all ready locos.

Shed in charges must tackle the above issues immediately and ensure that such lapses don’t recur again.