BCSA-Railway-Safety-Handbook-download.pdf

Railway Safety Program:

SAFETY  HANDBOOK 

Contents Railcar Handling: Purpose of this Handbook

2

Loading, Lifting, Moving

14–22

Loading

14–15

Track Mainten Maintenance ance

3

Regulations and Requirements Requirements

14

Winter Plan

3

Balance and Securement

15

Spring Plan

4

Dimensional Loads/Overloads

15

Movement and Securing

Lifting

16

of Equipment

4

Walking Hazards

4

Procedures

16

Restricted Clearance Hazards

4

Starting a Movement

17

Spillage/Wheel Contamination

5

Hand Signals

17

Blue Flags

17

16–23

Car Moving Equipment or

Railcars: Hand Brakes, Doors, Wheel Sets

Moving

5 –14

Hand Brakes

5

Minimum Number of

Locomotive Signals

17

Pushing Movements

18

Speed on Yard Tracks

18

Hand Brakes

5

Riding Equipment

18

Safe Operation of Hand Brakes

6

Entraining and Detraining

19

Clothing

19

Emergency Emergency Protection

19

Partially and Fully Applied Hand Brakes

10

Doors: Operation and Spill Prevention

Hand Operated Car Mover 10– 10 –12

and Trackmobile rackmob ile

20

General Procedures Procedures

10

Hand Operated Car Mover

20

Opening Doors

10

Trackmobiles

20

Closing Doors

10

Coupling Cars

21

Plug Doors

11

Leaving Cars

22

Bottom Gates and Hatch Covers

Yard Crossing at Grades

22

- Closed Covered Hopper Cars

Key Safety Reminders

22

11

Spillage and Wheel Contamination

12

Wheel Contamination

12

Wildlife Protection

13

Wheel Sets

13

General Information

13

Wheel Set Damage

13