How We Organize Safety Management
Safety Management Regulations
In response to a revision of the Railway Business Act, JR East formulated its safety management regulations in October 2006. These stipulate various safety management-related matters such as the responsibilities of top management executives in ensuring the safety of operations and in organizational matters and the selection of chief safety management officer, operation managers, and train crew training managers. To ensure transportation safety, we have built a system to promote operations centered on safety management officers and involving executives responsible for safety through to frontline staff.
Structures to Promote Safety Measures
In 1987, we established the Railway Safety Promotion Committee, chaired by the director general of the Railway Operations Headquarters, at head office. This committee aims to enhance railway safety and prevent accidents by elucidating the causes of major accidents, formulating measures to prevent recurrence, and determining and promoting measures for safety-related equipment and rolling stock. We have Regional Safety Promotion Committees, which are chaired by the heads of branch offices and managing organizations. These committees enhance railway safety at branch offices and seek to prevent accidents. They also liaise with the Railway Safety Promotion Committee to implement specific measures.
Overview of the operational structure for ensuring transport safety
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