Zero Harm

[#Metro]

Is this for real?
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/11/11/2739589.htm?section=business

He says a rail worker who noticed a smouldering cigarette on a sleeper on Brisbane's southside has been stood down after she failed to follow instructions to evacuate the station and call the fire brigade.

"Now this station staff member thought that was the silliest instruction they'd ever heard," Mr Mackie said.
"So they blocked the track as per the previous safety procedure and put the smoulder out with a bucket of water," he said.
"Trains were running again within a few minutes.

[STB]

Yep, that would be for real.  One of my contacts said that before Zero Harm they used to lay about a 100 sleepers a night, now it's down to about 20.

[O_128]

no wonder it is taking such ridiculous amounts of time to build these new lines