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Module 8 - Railway Safety Engineering - HSE

This document provides an overview of railway health, safety and environmental policies and guidelines. It discusses who is permitted to enter rail corridors and the safety briefings and clothing required. General safety guidelines are outlined, including policies around drugs/alcohol, fatigue, incident reporting, and personal protective equipment. Electrical safety procedures are also summarized, such as the safe approach distance for overhead wiring and activities that may create electrical hazards.

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Module 8 - Railway Safety Engineering - HSE

This document provides an overview of railway health, safety and environmental policies and guidelines. It discusses who is permitted to enter rail corridors and the safety briefings and clothing required. General safety guidelines are outlined, including policies around drugs/alcohol, fatigue, incident reporting, and personal protective equipment. Electrical safety procedures are also summarized, such as the safe approach distance for overhead wiring and activities that may create electrical hazards.

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Railway

Safety
Engineering
MODULE 8 : RAILWAY HEALTH,
SAFET Y AND ENVIRONMENT (HSE)
Learning Objectives
At the end of the activity the student will be able to learn below topics:
• HSE Policy Statement

• Entry to the Rail Corridor

• General Guidelines

• Electrical Safety
HSE Policy Statement
Entry to the Rail Corridor
Who is permitted to enter the Rail Corridor?
• Restricted to persons who are
performing official work
• Contractors and visitors must not
enter the Rail Corridor without the
permission of the Operations
Control Center
Safety Briefings
• Toolbox Talk

• Conducted by the Person- In-Charge

• Documented and required to be signed before and after the activity.


High Visibility Clothing
• must wear approved orange
high-visibility clothing at all
times
• To avoid any possibility of
confusion, red and green
clothing should not be worn by
persons whilst in the Rail
Corridor
General Guidelines
Drugs and Alcohol
• Zero alcohol

• Random Drug Testing

• Inform your immediate supervisor


if you are taking any medicine
Fatigue
Incident Reporting
Unsafe Situations
Incident Investigations
•Participate if being summoned
•Focused on identifying and correcting
root causes, not on finding fault or
blame
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
• fit properly
• be suitable for the task
• be properly cleaned and maintained
• comply with the relevant PPE
Standards.
Plant and Equipment
• powered mobile plant
• hand-held plant
• static plant
• plant that moves people
Electrical Safety
1500 V Overhead Wiring
Safe Approach Distance
Hazardous Materials, Tools and Equipment
• Ladders
• long tools
• scaffolding
• lengths of metallic pipe, conduit and reinforcing bars
• portable radio equipment with long or telescopic aerials
• metallic guttering, metal roof or wall sheeting
• rope, hose and wire
• tree branches, particularly when wet.
Ladders
Metal ladders or metal-reinforced ladders are not to be used for work that
is:
• on or near low-voltage electrical conductors, or
• within six meters of live 1500V DC overhead conductors or equipment,
or
• within six meters of live high-voltage (greater than 1000V AC).
Activities That May Create an Electrical Hazard
• Interfering with or damaging temporary connections from overhead wiring
to the rails that are installed to protect workers in the vicinity of railway
overhead wiring. Report any damage immediately.
• Working around electrical cables at a substation or any equipment
connected to the system. Report any damage immediately.
• Working around overhead wiring structures.
• Working near where substation cables connect to the rails. If the
connections are damaged or broken, a dangerous situation could be
caused. Report any damage immediately.
• Working with scaffolding near overhead conductors.
• Working with cranes, elevating platform vehicles, tip trucks or other plant.
Train Pantograph
End of Presentation

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