Railroad Workplace Safety Compliance Manual

Railroad Workplace Safety Compliance Manual

United States Department of Transportation

Federal Railroad Administration Office of Safety Assurance and Compliance

December 16, 1996

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1General Introduction: ..................................................................................................................................... 1 - 1 Program Goal:.................................................................................................................................. 1 - 1 Basis For Regulation and Inspection ............................................................................................... 1 - 1 Statutory authority:..................................................................................................................... 1 - 1 Regulatory Authority .................................................................................................................. 1 - 2

CHAPTER 2Responsibilities and Duties Regional Railroad Safety Specialist - Track..................................................................................... 2 - 1 Regional Railroad Safety Specialist - Signal and Train Control ....................................................... 2 - 2 Regional Railroad Safety Specialist - Operating Practices .............................................................. 2 - 2 Inspectors......................................................................................................................................... 2 - 2

CHAPTER 3Railroad Workplace Safety Compliance Program General ............................................................................................................................................ 3 - 1 Inspection Priorities .......................................................................................................................... 3 - 1 Accident Investigation................................................................................................................ 3 - 1 Complaint Investigation ............................................................................................................. 3 - 1 Assessments ............................................................................................................................. 3 - 2 Regular Inspection..................................................................................................................... 3 - 2

CHAPTER 4Inspection Reporting Procedures General Requirements ..................................................................................................................... 4 - 1 Inspection Report Forms.................................................................................................................. 4 - 1 Documentation of Railroad Workplace Safety Inspections.............................................................. 4 - 1 Distribution of Copies of Report ....................................................................................................... 4 - 4 Reports not to be Processed as Violations................................................................................ 4 - 4 Reports to be Processed as Violations...................................................................................... 4 - 4 Supervisory Review.......................................................................................................................... 4 - 4

CHAPTER 5Railroad Workplace Safety Standards - GeneralInvestigative Procedures Advance Notice of Investigation....................................................................................................... 5 - 1 Preparation....................................................................................................................................... 5 - 2 Entry on the Property of Others ....................................................................................................... 5 - 3 Opening Conference ........................................................................................................................ 5 - 4 Conduct of the Investigation............................................................................................................. 5 - 4 Closing Conference.......................................................................................................................... 5 - 6 Follow-Up Investigations .................................................................................................................. 5 - 6 Policy ......................................................................................................................................... 5 - 6 Scheduling ................................................................................................................................. 5 - 6

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CHAPTER 6Handling Deficiencies Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 6 - 1 Deficiency Reports ........................................................................................................................... 6 - 2 Violation Reports .............................................................................................................................. 6 - 2 Preparation of a violation report................................................................................................. 6 - 3 Distribution of Violation Reports ................................................................................................ 6 - 5 Witness Statements .................................................................................................................. 6 - 5 Instructions for Use of Statement of Witness to Safety Violation .............................................. 6 - 6 Standard Format for Statement of Witness to Safety Violation ................................................. 6 - 7

CHAPTER 7General Provisions of the Railroad Workplace Safety Rule Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 7 - 1 Summary.......................................................................................................................................... 7 - 1 Section Analysis of the General Provisions of the Rule ................................................................... 7 - 1 214.1 Purpose and scope....................................................................................................... 7 - 1 214.3 Application .................................................................................................................... 7 - 1 214.4 Preemptive effect.......................................................................................................... 7 - 3 214.5 Responsibility for compliance ....................................................................................... 7 - 3 214.7 Definitions ..................................................................................................................... 7 - 4

CHAPTER 8Application of the Bridge Worker Safety Rule Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 8 - 1 History of the Rule............................................................................................................................ 8 - 1 Relationship to OSHA ...................................................................................................................... 8 - 1 Section Analysis of the Bridge Worker Safety Rule ......................................................................... 8 - 2 214.101 Purpose and scope ................................................................................................ 8 - 2 214.103 Fall protection, generally ........................................................................................ 8 - 3 214.105 Fall protection systems standards and practices ................................................... 8 - 8 214.107 Working over or adjacent to water ....................................................................... 8 - 22 214.109 Scaffolding ........................................................................................................... 8 - 26 214.111 Personal protective equipment, generally ............................................................ 8 - 28 214.113 Head Protection ................................................................................................... 8 - 29 214.115 Foot Protection..................................................................................................... 8 - 31 214.117 Eye and Face Protection ...................................................................................... 8 - 32

CHAPTER 9Application of the Roadway Worker Protection Rule Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 9 - 1 Summary.......................................................................................................................................... 9 - 1 Principles.......................................................................................................................................... 9 - 1 Railroad On-track Safety Programs ................................................................................................. 9 - 1 Documentation of On-track Safety Programs .................................................................................. 9 - 2 Program Review by FRA.................................................................................................................. 9 - 3 Section Analysis of the Roadway Worker Protection Rule............................................................... 9 - 5 214.301 Purpose and scope ................................................................................................ 9 - 5 214.302 Information Collection Requirements..................................................................... 9 - 5 214.303 Railroad on-track safety programs, generally ........................................................ 9 - 5 214.305 Compliance Dates.................................................................................................. 9 - 6 214.307 Review and approval of individual on-track safety programs by FRA.................... 9 - 7 214.309 On-track safety program documents ..................................................................... 9 - 8 214.311 Responsibility of Employers ................................................................................... 9 - 9 214.313 Responsibility of Individual Roadway Workers .................................................... 9 - 10 214.315 Supervision and communication .......................................................................... 9 - 12 214.317 On-track safety procedures, generally ................................................................. 9 - 14

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214.319 Working limits, generally...................................................................................... 9 - 15 214.321 Exclusive track occupancy................................................................................... 9 - 16 214.323 Foul time .............................................................................................................. 9 - 19 214.325 Train coordination ................................................................................................ 9 - 20 214.327 Inaccessible track ................................................................................................ 9 - 21 214.329 Train approach warning provided by watchmen/lookouts .................................... 9 - 23 214.331 Definite train location............................................................................................ 9 - 25 214.333 Informational line-ups of trains............................................................................. 9 - 26 214.335 On-track safety procedures for roadway work groups ......................................... 9 - 27 214.337 On-track safety procedures for lone workers....................................................... 9 - 29 214.339 Audible warning from trains ................................................................................. 9 - 31 214.341 Roadway maintenance machines ........................................................................ 9 - 32 214.343 Training and qualification, general ..................................................................... 9 - 33 214.345 Training for all roadway workers ........................................................................ 9 - 35 214.347 Training and qualification for lone workers .......................................................... 9 - 35 214.349 Training and qualification of watchmen/lookouts ................................................. 9 - 36 214.351 Training and qualification of flagmen ................................................................... 9 - 36 214.353 Training and qualification of roadway workers who provide on-track safety

for roadway work groups................................................................................................... 9 - 37 214.355 Training and qualification in on-track safety for operators of roadway

maintenance machines ..................................................................................................... 9 - 37

TITLE 49 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONSPART 214--RAILROAD WORKPLACE SAFETY Subpart A - General .........................................................................................................................A - 2 Subpart B - Bridge Worker Safety Standards ..................................................................................A - 4 Subpart C--Roadway Worker Protection ........................................................................................A - 7 Deficiency Codes ...........................................................................................................................A - 17 Index ..............................................................................................................................................A - 21

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