Following an investigation by the independent Taiwan Transportation Safety Board into two major train derailments, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications has required that all Taiwan Railways Administration projects comply with standard operating procedures.
Massive power outages on May 13 and Aug. 15, 2017, were also caused by staff not following established procedures.
The routine for handovers between local units, construction test units and contractors on the project to upgrade the capacity of the substation involved in the May 13 power outage was useless. Several controls and fool-proofing operations failed simultaneously, the power station’s auxiliary unit could not handle the voltage dips