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Question: Rationale: Students of Safety and Risk Management need to understand and be able to apply safety management principles. A major part of the application of safety and risk management principles is the skill to analyse and evaluate safety incidents and to identify weaknesses and failures which led to safety breaches or major incidents. The analysis of Case Studies will develop students' skills in risk management and practical application of theory.

Task: There have been many train crashes in Australia and overseas as a result of safety breaches.

- Choose one of these incidents and, with supporting evidence discuss how safety breaches contributed to the train crash.

- Detail any changes to policy or practice that resulted from the incident and how this was implemented.

• Academic writing style

• Depth of discussion on the safety aspects leading to the incident

• Discussion of the response to the incident and how safety has been improved.

• Use of APA referencing style