The vice-chair of the UK's All-Party Parliamentary Rail Group voiced his concerns about fatigue in the railway industry at the Congress Centre in London's West End recently. Twenty-five years after the Clapham train crash, Kelvin Hopkins, MP for Luton North, addressed safety professionals gathered at the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health's (IOSH) Rail Industry Conference 2013. He explained that managing tiredness was one of the significant factors identified by Lord Hidden QC's report into the Clapham disaster. Mr Hopkins said: "We are one of the safest railways in Europe, and the industry should be proud of that. Nevertheless, we must recognise that fatigue causes injuries and deaths to workers and passengers on our railways.
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