General Track Safety Flashcards
What must you do if overhead power lines, which belong to an electricity company, collapse?
If necessary, all affected lines must be protected. You must not go closer than 5 metres (approximately 5 yards)
If you have placed detonators and you expect a train to pass over them, you must?
• Stand at least 30 metres (approximately 30 yards) away from the detonators • Tell anyone else standing close by to also keep this distance away • As the train passes over them, turn away.
You must report an accident as quickly as possible to?
The signaller or Operations Control.
When reporting an accident, you must first say?
‘This is an emergency call’.
In an emergancy, what must you state?
‘This is an emergency call’. • Your name, your job title and your employer • where you are speaking from • your telephone or radio call number • exact location and details of the accident • line which are definitely blocked • those lines you think could be blocked You must also say which emergency services are needed.
If there are dangerous goods on a train, you must first say?
‘This is a rail dangerous goods emergency’
What is this?
A Hazard Warning Panel.
It shows the United Nations number.
In a dangerous goods emergency you must?
• Keep well clear • keep the wind behind you • avoid low-lying places where gas may gather • keep unauthorised people well clear • try to put out any fire, without putting yourself or anyone else at risk • keep naked lights and lamps well clear • not smoke, use matches or pocket lighters • not use a mobile phone near any vehicle carrying flammable loads.
When communicating during an emergency you must never say?
Never use the words ‘not clear’ to describe a line that is obstructed, always use ‘line blocked’. Get the person to repeat your message back to you.
What is The lineside?
You are on the lineside if: • you are between the railway boundary fence and the area called on or near the line, and • you can be seen by the driver of an approaching train. You are not on the lineside if you are on a station platform.
What is On or near the line?
You are on or near the line if you’re: • within 3 metres (10 feet) of a line and there is no permanent structure between you and the line • on the line itself • on a station platform and are carrying out engineering or technical work within 1.25 metres (4 feet) of the platform edge You are not on or near the line if you are crossing the line at a level crossing.
What is a position of safety?
If the maximum speed is 100 mph (160 km/h) or less, 1.25 metres (4 feet) from the nearest line. If the maximum speed is over 100 mph (160 km/h), the distance increases to 2 metres (6 feet 6 inches).
Before you go on or near the line, you must know what for each line?
• The maximum speed • the direction from which trains normally approach • the location of any area where you must not go while trains are running • any location with limited clearances.
What is this sign and what does it mean?
Limited Clearance Sign.
There is no position of safety on this side of the railway for the length of the structure. You must not enter or stand at that location when a train is approaching.
What is this sign and what does it mean?
No refuges warning sign.
There is no position of safety on this side of the railway for the length of the structure. However, there are positions of safety, or refuges, on the opposite side of the railway line.
What is this sign and what does it mean?
Prohibition sign.
You must not pass beyond this sign while trains are running. You will not be able to reach a position of safety. If you are carrying out emergency protection, you must take extreme care.
